Friday, June 19, 2015

Tax returns of MPs/MLAs can't be disclosed under RTI

Tax returns of MPs/MLAs can't be disclosed under RTI to compare info disclosed in election affidavit

HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY
Shailesh Gandhi
v.
Central Information Commission, New Delhi
R.M. SAVANT, J.
WRIT PETITION NO. 8753 OF 2013
JUNE  11, 2015 
Income-Tax Returns filed by elected representatives(MPs/MLAs) is exempted from disclosure by "privacy clause" of section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act,2005.Copies of the same cannot be furnished for comparing the income disclosed in ITRs with disclosures made in election affidavit filed with Election Commission under Representation of the People Act,1950

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