Public Information Officer And Registrar v. Onkar Dattatray Kalmankar
2025-02-07
AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH, SUDHANSHU DHULIA
body2025
DigiLaw.ai
ORDER : 1. Heard Mr. K. K. Venugopal, learned senior counsel for the petitioner. 2. We see absolutely no reason to interfere with the impugned order passed by the High Court of Bombay, which has correctly interpreted the provisions of Section 8(1) (j) of the Right to Information Act 2005 (for short 'the RTI Act, 2005'). The issue relates to disclosure of marks of other candidate in an examination. We are also of the view that the disclosure of the marks though may fall in the category of personal information, yet the disclosure of this personal information is presently necessary in public interest, and therefore, it is not an information which cannot be given by the Information Officer under the RTI Act, 2005. To the contrary, such an information must be disclosed in order to maintain transparency in the process. 3. The special leave petition is, accordingly, dismissed in the above terms. 4. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.