RTI Judgement Series: No need for appellant to show any public interest
August 1, 2014
The Appellant does not have to show any public interest in disclosure of the information unless an exemption under Section 8(1) of the RTI Act applies to the information, the CIC ruled. This is the 205th 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 Allahabad Bank to provide the information, which the PIO has declined under Section 8(b) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
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