By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : The information about “ailments” of Prime Minister cannot be given under the Right to Information Act as it is personal in nature and disclosure will be an invasion of privacy, the Indian Central Information Commission has held.
The Commission, however, said expenses incurred during the treatment should be disclosed since they are made from the public exchequer.
“Insofar as expenses are concerned this is indeed information that is disclosable since the expenses made from the public exchequer are accountable.
“However, ailment of the individual is personal information and in our view disclosure would indeed be in violation of sub-section (j) of Section 8 (1),” Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah ruled.
He was hearing the plea of Chetan Kothari who sought details of ailments of Prime Ministers and expenses incurred on treatment but no information on the same was provided by the Prime Minister’s office.