HeadlineDock: High Court Nixes RTI Request For Wife’s Husband's Salary Details
High Court Dismisses Appeal Request To Share Personal Marriage Information Via RTI, Reinforcing The Boundaries Within Which Such Requests Are Unlawful.
Highlights
- •Rajasthan Appeals Court Upholds Wife’s Right Not to Disclose Marital Salary Details According to Recent High Court Decisions
- •Personal Married Relationship Information BelongsTo Private Sphere and Should Not Be Publicly Shared Through Requests Like RTI
- •Supreme Court References Previous Case Rulings For Underlining Such Practices Against Government Employees
- •Court Decision Reinforces Boundaries Around Freedom of Communication Between Marital Relations in India
Rajasthan Appeals Court Upholds Decree, Rejecting State Government’s Decision to Disregard Wife’s Right to Access Her Husband’s Salary Information Through an Aadhaar Petition.
Wife filed a case alleging the Rajasthan government had nullified her right to obtain her husband's salary details through the Right to Information Act (RTI) and sought clarification from High Court, which ruled these personal information pertains only within marital relations and not publicly shareable.
The Supreme Court’s precedents were mentioned in the court’s ruling with respect to the previous case of Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. CIC where the apex court held that records like a government employee’s performance, personal information, and service details fall within this category.
Supreme Court rules on Rajasthan High Courts’ precedents while categorizing marital relations and its associated rights under various cases throughout the country.
