High Court Upholds RTI Rejection on Tax Evasion Inquiry to Protect Confidentiality of Income Tax Processes.

High Court Upholds RTI Rejection on Tax Evasion Inquiry to Protect Confidentiality of Income Tax Processes. https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=56500 RTI Application seeking information against Private Parties - Allegation of tax evasion - Public interest - The provisions of the RTI Act are not meant to allow the parties to collect evidence from such Departments or Public Authorities to subserve their private interest - The sanctity of the Income Tax Assessment, filing of Returns, investigation and inquiry under the Act would be thrown open to third parties, if such 'information' was to be disclosed to third parties casually or carelessly. - RTI application was rightly rejected - HC en-us Sat, 30 Jan 2021 07:36:03 +0530 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 07:36:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator High Court Upholds RTI Rejection on Tax Evasion Inquiry to Protect Confidentiality of Income Tax Processes. https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=56500 RTI Application seeking information against Private Parties - Allegation of tax evasion - Public interest - The provisions of the RTI Act are not meant to allow the parties to collect evidence from such Departments or Public Authorities to subserve their private interest - The sanctity of the Income Tax Assessment, filing of Returns, investigation and inquiry under the Act would be thrown open to third parties, if such 'information' was to be disclosed to third parties casually or carelessly. - RTI application was rightly rejected - HC Highlights Income Tax Sat, 30 Jan 2021 07:36:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=56500