...........While giving this judgement on 1 November 2011, Shailesh Gandhi, the then Central Information Commissioner said, “The Commission cannot abdicate its responsibilities under the RTI Act to RBI on the ground that the latter is an expert body. If the position of the Full Bench is to be accepted, it would lead to a situation where RBI would have the final say in whether information should be provided to a citizen or not. Extending this logic, all Public authorities could be the best judge of what information could be disclosed, since they are likely to be experts in matters connected with their working. The Commission cannot rely solely on the decision of the public authority and must look into the merits of the case itself. It must determine, on its own, whether the denial of information by the PIO was justified as per Sections 8 and 9 of the RTI Act.”.............
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