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The Court said that if information is denied on the ground that it is voluminous, then it would amount to adding one more exemption under Section 8 of the RTI Act.
The Court said that such orders are by their very nature passed in the process of investigation which may be impeded if the information is disclosed.
Justice Subramonium Prasad held that the relationship between the Solicitor General of India and the Government of India is that of a fiduciary and a beneficiary.
The CIC recently directed a Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) to furnish a man with only the "generic details of the net taxable income or gross income" of his wife to verify these details in a maintenance case.
The Court held that the relationship between the AG and the State being a fiduciary one, such communications enjoy the exemption under Section 8(1)(e) of the RTI Act.