Salary Details Of Husband Is 'Personal Information': Rajasthan High Court Upholds Dismissal Of Wife's RTI Plea

Rajasthan High Court upheld the State's order to deny wife's RTI application seeking details of salary paid to the husband who was employed with the concerned department, opining that information relating to performance of an employee or officer in an organization fell within “personal information”.

The petitioner had filed an RTI application with the concerned department seeking copies of pay slips/details of salary paid to her husband who was an employee of the department, for a particular time period.

This application was denied by the State on the ground that the information sought was personal in nature, pertaining to third party, and was exempted from RIT application. Hence, the petition was filed.

After hearing the contentions, the bench of Justice Kuldeep Mathur held that there was no illegality in the order of the State that refused the sought information to the petitioner that related to a third party.

The Court made a reference to the Supreme Court case of Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v. Central Information Commissioner & Ors., and affirmed that such information was primarily a matter between employer and employee, which was governed by service rules, and in the absence of any overriding public interest, disclosure of such information had no relation with any public activity or public interest.

Accordingly, the petition was dismissed.

Title: Smt. Kanta Kumawat v State of Rajasthan & Ors.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 71

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