A Ludhiana man had sought information about his name and address from his wife’s employer. The state government had opposed this petition.
A unique and peculiar case of its kind has reached the Punjab-Haryana High Court in which a person had sought information about his name and address from his wife’s employer under the Right to Information.
The petitioner, a resident of Ludhiana, had earlier argued that the government department failed to provide the employee’s information. The state government opposed this petition, arguing that providing personal information of an employee is prohibited under the provisions of the Right to Information Act.
The High Court said that the petitioner Lucky Kumar had not sought any information related to the official work of his wife, but had sought information about his own name and address. The court expressed surprise at this and said that the information sought was related to the name of the husband of employee Veena Kumari, during the hearing, the petitioner’s lawyer told that the petitioner himself is the husband of Veena Kumari. But nothing came on record which makes it clear why the husband is seeking his own information from the department, it is surprising.
The court upheld the argument of the state government and said that the personal information of an employee is related to his privacy, so it cannot be made public. The court said in its decision that considering that personal information is not allowed to be made public under the 2005 Act, there is no basis for interference in this petition. With this, the High Court dismissed this petition.
