Supreme Court of India

R.K. Jain v. Union of India & Anr

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Reported as [2013] 5 S.C.R. 411
Bench G.S. Singhvi J.
Decided 16 April 2013

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What the Court ordered

We find no reason to interfere with the impugned judgment passed by the Division Bench whereby the order passed by the learned Single Judge was affirmed.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Right to Information Act, 2005 - ss.8(1)(j) and 11 - Information regarding ACR of public servant - Whether can be disclosed to third person - ACR record of an officer cannot be disclosed to third person, except in cases involving overriding public interest - However, such disclosure of information would be after following the procedure under s.11(1). The appellant filed application u/s. 6 of Right to Information Act, 2005, seeking information regarding ACR of the Member, CESTAT, relating to adverse entries in the ACR and 'the follow-up action' taken therein on the question of her integrity.

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