LANDMARK CASE

Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. Central Information Commissioner

(2013) 1 SCC 212 · Supreme Court of India · Right to information

At a glance

Citation: (2013) 1 SCC 212
Court: Supreme Court of India
Area of law: Right to information
In one line: No. It is personal information exempt unless larger public interest is shown.

1 Facts

An applicant sought a government employee's service records and tax returns.

2 Issue

Is such information disclosable?

3 What the court decided

No. It is personal information exempt unless larger public interest is shown.

4 Why it matters

Limits RTI for personal data.

5 Think about it

How does the DPDP Act affect RTI?

6 Analyse it yourself

Read the full judgment from an official source or a law database, then brief it in seven steps: facts, issues, arguments, decision, ratio, obiter and significance. Always check the citation before you rely on it.

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Central Board of Secondary Education v. Aditya Bandopadhyay (2011) 8 SCC 497
Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal (2020) 5 SCC 481
Thalappalam Service Co-operative Bank v. State of Kerala (2013) 16 SCC 82

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