JODHPUR: In an important decision, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that a wife can seek information about the gross income of her husband through RTI.
Turning down the denial of information to the complainant seeking information about her husband’s gross and taxable income, the CIC directed the income tax department of Jodhpur to provide the said information in 15 days from the date of order.
It also rejected the argument that such information pertained to a third party and does not come under the definition of information under RTI.
The decision was on 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.
Speaking on the decision, her counsel Rajak Haider said, “The husband refused to share the information terming it to be personal.”