Livemint: New Delhi: Tuesday, 2 July 2024.
The Central Information
Commission has ruled out disclosure of information relating to bank accounts
under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, saying that agreements entered into
by banks with its customers were matters of “commercial confidence.”
Bank is a commercial entity and the agreements that it has arrived at with other parties are a matter of commercial confidence.
“The bank holds such information concerning private persons in a relationship of trust,” information commissioner Padma Balasubramaniam said in a recent order.
The commission said this while hearing an RTI request of Rajan Verma, a resident of Amritsar.
Verma had sought from Canara Bank five-year details about all non-performing accounts at its Jalandhar branch. The commission dismissed the request.
Bank is a commercial entity and the agreements that it has arrived at with other parties are a matter of commercial confidence.
“The bank holds such information concerning private persons in a relationship of trust,” information commissioner Padma Balasubramaniam said in a recent order.
The commission said this while hearing an RTI request of Rajan Verma, a resident of Amritsar.
Verma had sought from Canara Bank five-year details about all non-performing accounts at its Jalandhar branch. The commission dismissed the request.
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