Disclosure of Personal details of RTI applicants; DoPT invites suggestions

Apoorva Mandhani

27 March 2016 9:57 AM IST

  • Disclosure of Personal details of RTI applicants; DoPT invites suggestions

    The Department of Personnel and Training has invited comments from stakeholders on a Draft Office Memorandum, based on the ruling of the Kolkata High Court in Avishek Goenka v. Union of India, W.P. 33290(W) of 2013. In the case, High Court had pronounced it a duty of the authority to hide the information seeker’s personal details, particularly from its website, to avoid “harassment by...

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