As-it-happens update ⋅ 8 August 2016
Punjab and Haryana High Court has opened a small window for those wanting access to personal information of babus through RTI.
You may now have access to personal details of babus under RTI. A recent order by Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh has opened a small window for those wanting access to personal information of babus through RTI. It has asked the state information commission to hear again a case of an applicant seeking information related to corruption by babus which it denied earlier citing a SC order.
The order gives a ray of hope of sorts as bureaucrats have been increasingly using the SC order, known as Girish Ramchandra Case vs CIC to abscond their personal information to be revealed. Activists have often termed the said case as against the spirit of the RTI Act and an easy tool in the hands of the babus to protect their brethren. During the hearing, the petitioner sought that his case be seen as a matter of corruption. While agreeing with petitioner, the HC order cited another order to state that such information should be given under RTI. The RTI Act as such states that information cannot be denied even if it is of personal nature when corruption and human rights issues are involved.
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