Disclosure of “Personal Information” of an Employee of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital under the RTI Act, 2005 and the Decision of CIC: An Interesting Case Report

Disclosure of personal information under the RTI Act

Abstract

The RTI Act, 2005 is an Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and for matters connected there with or incidental thereto. The current case study delves into the domain of disclosure of “personal information” of an employee of a tertiary care teaching hospital of New Delhi.