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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Medical bills of judges a private matter, no question of RTI , says Supreme Court

Medical bills of judges a private matter, no question of RTI , says Supreme Court

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published Published on Jul 2, 2015   modified Modified on Jul 2, 2015
-PTI

Medical expenses incurred on judges and their family members cannot be disclosed or made public under the Right to Information Act, the Supreme Court held on Thursday.

A bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu and justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy refused to interfere with a Delhi High Court verdict dismissing a plea seeking details of medical reimbursements of Supreme Court judges, saying it had personal information and providing it would amount to invasion of their privacy.

”We understand that we are getting the reimbursement from public money for our treatment and we are entitled for it as per the service conditions of judges,” said the bench.

The bench said: “there should be some respect for privacy and if such information are being disclosed, there will be no stopping.”

”Today he is asking information for medical expenses. Tomorrow he will ask what are the medicines purchased by the judges. When there will be a list of medicines he can make out what type of ailment the judge is suffering from. It starts like this. Where does this stop?” the bench observed.

The apex court was hearing an appeal filed by RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agarwal against the April 17 judgment of a division bench of the High Court, which had upheld decision of its single judge that the information about reimbursement of medical bills of judges and their families cannot be disclosed under RTI law.

The single judge had set aside the Central Information Commission's direction holding that judges have to disclose such information.

The apex court did not agree with advocate Prashant Bhushan that since citizens are entitled to know how public money is spent by other public servants, they also have a right to know how these funds were being used for medical treatment of judges.

 

The Telegraph, 2 July, 2015, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150702/jsp/frontpage/story_29132.jsp#.VZUB_0Y1t_k


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