RTI Judgement Series: Burden of establishing applicability of exemption lies on the PIO  

April 28, 2014

Merely stating that the information sought is confidential in nature cannot be a reason and the PIO needs to establish the applicability of the exemption under RTI Act, the CIC ruled. This is the 201st in a series of important RTI judgements given by former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi

Moneylife Digital Team

The Central Information Commission (CIC), while allowing an appeal, directed the Public Information Officer (PIO) of Pondicherry-based Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) to provide complete information available on record to the complainant.

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