
She wanted to find out his whereabouts through his income tax returns. The Husband can ask Wife's salary under Right to Information!!Ī resident of Akola, for instance, turned to the CIC after the Income Tax Department refused information on the income tax returns filed by her husband, who had deserted her. The major decision from the CIC came after it heard an appeal filed by Rahmat Bano of Jodhpur after the IT department held that the information sought by her on her husband's income belonged to a third party.Īpart from this time, the CIC earlier while hearing other cases also had said that the wives of government servants have a "right" to know salary particulars of their husbands and these details should also be made public through the RTI Act. The CIC further rejected the argument that such information pertained to a third party and said it does not come under the definition of information under RTI. The CPIO objected to giving information on these specific points of response after 57 days.įile Online RTI | RTI for Salary Concerned | Apply RTI Online | How to file online RTI The wife can ask husband's salary under Right to Information!!Ĭentral Information Commission's ruling came against an appeal after the I-T department held that the information sought by a wife on her husband's income belonged to a third party



Under the Central Information Commission, I just heard the appeal of an RTI applicant, who sought information related to the salary provided to a person and the disability certificate presented by him.
