Canara Bank vs C.S. Shyam . on 31 August, 2017
Information Commissioner Ms. Saroj Punhani, CIC, New Delhi in the
matter of Shri Har Sukhdeep Singh vs IIT Kharagpur vide Decision No.
CIC/ITKH/A/2020/106698 dated 21-09-2021 in which the judgment of
the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the matter(s) of Canara Bank Vs.
C.S. Shyam in Civil Appeal No. 22 of 2009; Girish Ramchandra
Deshpande vs. Central Information Commissioner & Ors. (2013) 1 SCC
212 and RK. Jain vs. Union of India & Anr,, (2013) 14 SCC 794 has been
referred. The following was thus held
"59. Reading of the aforesaid judicial precedents, in our opinion, would
indicate that personal records, including name, address, physical, mental
and psychological status, marks obtained, grades, and answer sheets, are
all treated as personal information.