fiduciary owed a duty to the beneficiary to not disclose the same
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 10044 OF 2010
CENTRAL PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER,
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA ….. APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
SUBHASH CHANDRA AGARWAL ….. RESPONDENT(S)
W I T H
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 10045 OF 2010
A N D
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 2683 OF 2010
J U D G M E N T
SANJIV KHANNA, J.
58. Reference can also be made to Aditya Bandopadhyay (supra),
as discussed earlier in paragraph 32, where this Court has held
that while a fiduciary could not withhold information from the
beneficiary in whose benefit he holds such information, he/she
37 (2013) 14 SCC 794
Civil Appeal No. 10044 of 2010 & Ors. Page 67 of 108
owed a duty to the beneficiary to not disclose the same to anyone
else. This exposition of the Court equally reconciles the right to
know with the rights to privacy under clause (j) to Section 8(1) of
the RTI Act.