Burglary case details and advocate's opinion sought using RTI
12 Aug, 2012Background
Through an application filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the appellant sought the information related with the valuation and surveyor report along with the legal opinion of the advocate pertaining to the burglary in the particular claim number. The Public Information Officer (PIO) provided partial information and refused to provide advocate’s opinion under section 8(1)(e) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any citizen, information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information; Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any citizen, information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information; of the RTI Act, 2005 claiming that being fiduciary, it is exempt under section 8(1)(e) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any citizen, information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information; Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any citizen, information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information; .
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The Central Information Commission (CIC) noted that the information related of survey report and valuation report had been provided to the appellant and further upheld the PIO’s reply that the information related advocate’s opinion can not be disclosed under section 8(1)(e) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any citizen, information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information; Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any citizen, information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information; of the RTI Act.
Citation: Shri Abhishek Bhageria v. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd in Appeal No. CIC/DS/A/2011/002294
RTI Citation : RTIFI/2012/CIC/571
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