New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) on Friday passed a judgement that property details, investments and assets can be accessed by one's spouse under the Right to Information Act (RTI).
The CIC's order comes while dealing with a case of an estranged wife. It overruled arguments that an income detail of a person is personal information and directed the Delhi Transco to provide relevant details of the lady's ex-husband.
So far such information has been considered exempt under the RTI Act and treated as private or third party information.
"Depending on the financial condition or non-availability of support from parents when husband does not maintain his wife, it challenges her right to live, and thus information related to maintenance becomes life related information,'' the order had said.
The applicant had sought to know the details of her ex-husband's property including that given in dowry.
The CIC also ordered the firm to furnish the man's income details within 48 hours.
