third party.
5. Mr. Tiku, however, submits that the reasoning in W.P.(C) 2232/2012
for release of third party information that the said ... third party
to make a submission in writing or orally, regarding whether the
information should be disclosed, and such submission of the third
party shall
from the third party and giving the opportunity to the third party, to appeal against
the decision to give the 'third party' information ... disclosing
personal information of the 'third party' and should ensure that the third party is given
complete opportunity as prescribed by law even
RTI Act while allowing disclosure of information to
the RTI Applicant. She feels it is personal information and as a third party, she is
entitled ... CPIO or the Appellate Authority has to hear third party
before taking a decision and third party may plead a privacy defence which for
good
information
pertains to a third party, it was denied to the Appellant under Section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI
Act.
3. The Appellant stated ... disclosure of information concerning the passport of a person to
a third party RTI applicant.
4. We have considered the records and the submissions made
Engineers Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai (Third Party)
Information Commissioner : Shri Yashovardhan Azad
Relevant fact emerging from appeal:
RTI Application filed on : 24.08.2010
PIO replied ... Relevant facts emerging during hearing:
Both parties are present along with the third party. The appellant filed an RTI
application dt. 24.08.2010 seeking the above
information pertaining to
or which „relates to‟ such third party without affording
such third party an opportunity of being heard on whether
such disclosure should ... other
employee as that would constitute third party information. This Court is
also of the opinion that third party information can only be disclosed
denied
since the third party has objected to its disclosure. He, however, admitted that
same does not belong to third party and agreed to disclose ... third party information'. The employee
of the public authority is part of that public authority and hence he is not the
third party. Hence
which
has been supplied by a "third party" or pertains to a "third party" and the CPIO
decides to disclose ... taken due note of the process for revealing third party
information, as prescribed under the RTI Act, 2005 .
In these circumstances, the Commission is unable
This Court finds that the concept of third party information has been
comprehensively dealt with in the RTI Act . Some of the relevant sections pertaining ... third party to make a submission in writing or orally,
regarding whether the information should be disclosed, and such submission of the third
party shall
harm the competitive position of a third party.
In the instant case, it is evident that the Third Party to whom the information relates,
have ... contains
information supplied by a third party and which the
third party may claim confidential, the third party
information procedure laid down in Section
