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1 - 4 of 4 (0.23 seconds)The Cpio, Supreme Court Of India, Tilak ... vs Subhash Chandra Agarwal & Anr. on 2 September, 2009
"35. At this juncture, it is necessary to clear some misconceptions about
the RTI Act. The RTI Act provides access to all information that is available and
existing.........A public authority is also not required to furnish information which
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require drawing of inferences and/or making of assumptions. It is also not
required to provide `advice' or `opinion' to an applicant, nor required to obtain
and furnish any `opinion' or `advice' to an applicant. The reference to `opinion'
or `advice' in the definition of `information' in section 2(f) of the Act, only refers
to such material available in the records of the public authority. Many public
authorities have, as a public relation exercise, provide advice, guidance and
opinion to the citizens. But that is purely voluntary and should not be confused
with any obligation under the RTI Act." (Emphasis Supplied)
Similarly, with respect to the applicability of Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act, reliance
is placed on a judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of Central
Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India Vs. Subhash Chandra
Agarwal in Civil Appeal No. 10044 of 2010 with Civil Appeal No. 10045 of 2010
and Civil Appeal No. 2683 of 2010 wherein the import of "personal information"
Canara Bank vs C.S. Shyam . on 31 August, 2017
envisaged under Section 8(1)(j) of RTI Act has been exemplified in the context of
earlier ratios laid down by the same Court 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 R.K. Jain vs.
Union of India & Anr., (2013) 14 SCC 794. The following was thus held:
Girish Ramchandra Deshpande vs Cen.Information Commr.& Ors on 3 October, 2012
envisaged under Section 8(1)(j) of RTI Act has been exemplified in the context of
earlier ratios laid down by the same Court 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 R.K. Jain vs.
Union of India & Anr., (2013) 14 SCC 794. The following was thus held:
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