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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR BENCH)
SAMEER JAIN
DR. MAHIPAL SINGH SIHAG S/O SHRI RAMJAS SIHAG – Appellant
Versus
STATE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER CUM COMMISSIONER – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SAMEER JAIN, J.
1. The present writ petition has been filed invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court as enshrined under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, challenging the legality and validity of the impugned order dated 18.12.2021 passed by the Rajasthan State Information Commission, Jaipur (hereinafter referred to as ‘learned Second Appellate Authority’) under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (for short, ‘RTI Act’). By way of the said impugned order, the learned Second Appellate Authority dismissed the appeal preferred by the petitioner and denied the disclosure of the requested information.
FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE LIS AT HAND
2. Before adverting to the rival submissions and entering upon the realm of arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the respective parties, it is considered apposite to delineate the factual background and the circumstances, in a nutshell, which have culminated in the present adjudication.
2.1 The petitioner, vide an RTI application dated 25.02.2020 (Annexure-1) filed under Section 6 of the RTI Act, sought specific details/information pertaining to a third-party individual, namely Dr. Ram Narayan Sharma, who was deputed at the
Personal information exempt from RTI disclosure unless larger public interest justifies; third party must receive notice and hearing under Section 11 before any disclosure order.
Internal file notings and deliberative records concerning disciplinary proceedings constitute personal information exempt from disclosure under privacy provisions. Absent a demonstrable, superior pub....
Personal information under RTI Act is exempt from disclosure unless public interest outweighs privacy concerns.
Judicial officers' complaints are personal information exempt from RTI disclosure unless public interest justifies it.
Disclosure of information under the RTI Act must respect third-party privacy and fiduciary exemptions unless public interest justifies disclosure, reinforcing the balance between transparency and pri....
The court held that mandatory procedural requirements for disclosing third-party information must be strictly followed. An appellate authority cannot bypass the mechanism for obtaining consent nor ig....
The Right to Information Act emphasizes balancing transparency and confidentiality, ensuring procedural fairness in public recruitment information disclosure.
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