Canara Bank v. C.S. Shyam

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.

 

55. In Canara Bank v. C.S. Shyam and Another35

, the applicant had 

sought information on parameters with regard to transfer of 

clerical staff with details of individual employees, such as date of 

their joining, promotion earned, date of their joining the branch, 

the authorities who had posted the transfer letters, etc. The 

information sought was declared to be personal in nature, which 

was conditionally exempted from disclosure under Section 8(1)(j)

of the RTI Act.