https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=216249 Under the Right to Information regime, a requester is not required to demonstrate public interest as a precondition for seeking information. The First Appellate Authority's view that the applicant had not shown a proper public purpose was unwarranted. The public authority was also obliged to disclose the information suo motu under its statutory proactive disclosure duties, which are intended to advance transparency and accountability in governance. Accordingly, the objection based on absence of public interest was rejected, and the complaint was disposed of on the basis that proactive disclosure was required. en-us Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:24:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=216249 Under the Right to Information regime, a requester is not required to demonstrate public interest as a precondition for seeking information. The First Appellate Authority's view that the applicant had not shown a proper public purpose was unwarranted. The public authority was also obliged to disclose the information suo motu under its statutory proactive disclosure duties, which are intended to advance transparency and accountability in governance. Accordingly, the objection based on absence of public interest was rejected, and the complaint was disposed of on the basis that proactive disclosure was required. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=216249