WOMAN CAN USE RTI FOR INFORMATION ON HUSBAND'S GROSS INCOME

A wife is entitled to know about her husband's gross income and can seek information about the same through the RTI, the CIC has ruled .Such informations can not be considered as pertaining to a third party informations or beyond the definition of disclosable information under the RTI act publications, the Commission clarified while rejecting the denial of information to a wife seeking data about her husband's gross and taxable income besides directing the income tax department to provide her with the same with in fifteen days of the order . Where as the petitioner had filed an RTI application with the department seeking a copy of her husband's I-T return , following which an officer of the department issued a notice to the husband, apprising him about the data sought by his wife as it belongs to a third party. The husband refused to share the information terming it as Personal, following which the I-T Officer stated that the information could not be provided citing section 8(1)(j) of the RTI act. The petitioner counsel said that the FAA also upheld the decision of the I-T Officer and rejected her first Appeal.