https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388646 SC held the Supreme Court is a single public authority including the office of the CJI, and the CJI's office is not a separate public authority. The Court affirmed that information held by a public authority is disclosable under the RTI subject to Sections 8-11 exemptions and a public-interest/proportionality balancing test. Fiduciary-relationship exemption under Section 8(1)(e) generally did not apply to judicial collegium records; privacy and third-party confidentiality require balancing under Section 8(1)(j) and proviso to Section 11(1). The HC order directing disclosure of judges who declared assets was upheld; certain matters were remitted to the CPIO to re-examine with notice to third parties. en-us Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388646 SC held the Supreme Court is a single public authority including the office of the CJI, and the CJI's office is not a separate public authority. The Court affirmed that information held by a public authority is disclosable under the RTI subject to Sections 8-11 exemptions and a public-interest/proportionality balancing test. Fiduciary-relationship exemption under Section 8(1)(e) generally did not apply to judicial collegium records; privacy and third-party confidentiality require balancing under Section 8(1)(j) and proviso to Section 11(1). The HC order directing disclosure of judges who declared assets was upheld; certain matters were remitted to the CPIO to re-examine with notice to third parties. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388646