The Hans India: MP: Wednesday, May 30, 2018.
In adherence
to the Right to privacy act, the salary of a person can’t be disclosed to
anyone if they do no wish to do so.
In a recent
case in MP, the high court has ruled in favour of an estranged wife who started
a petition to know how much her husband earns.
Sunita Jain
started the petition when she felt that the salary of her husband, Pawan Jain,
was around 2 Lakhs per month of which she was only getting an allowance of Rs
7,000.
She filed an
application in the district court which was rejected, then she tried to get the
pay slip through RTI from BSNL which was also denied.
Ultimately,
the CIC,Central Information Commission allowed the petition to pass through,
which Pawan challenged in the single-bench of the high court, who ruled in
favour of Sunita Jain.