Husband’s Salary Details Are ‘Personal Information’, Wife’s RTI Plea Rejection Upheld: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the State Government’s decision refusing to disclose salary details of a government employee to his wife under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Justice Kuldeep Mathur ruled that information relating to the salary and service performance of an employee falls within the category of personal information and cannot be disclosed in the absence of any overriding public interest. Background of the RTI Application The…