….. delivered in the backdrop of the disclosure of Information of Income tax Returns etc. of Public Servants / Ministers / MPs . (1) Ordinarily, the information requested under RTI Act, 2005, of the Service records, Assets and Liabilities / Income Tax Returns of a Public Servant / Ministers / MPs, are refused , whilst invoking the ruling of the Apex Court given in the Girish Ramchandra Deshpande case. (2) It is my case that any such information can lawfully be disclosed within the framework of sections 8(1)(j) and / or 8(2). (3) It is observed that the PIOs / FAA / CIC / SIC sought to deny the info on the premise that (a) the info requested is a personal information; and the info requested has no relationship to public activity and public interest; (b) the disclosure of info would cause unwarranted invasion to the privacy of the concerned in...