Fw: [tarunghiadirtaxes] I-T returns and info provided to tax authorities are exempt from disclosure under RTI Act

 

 

CA Deepak Gadgil,

Solapur, Maharashtra

9422068273 / 9960633199

On Friday, 28 November 2014 9:27 PM, "'CA.TarunGhia' tarunghiaca@yahoo.co.in [tarunghiadirtaxes]" <tarunghiadirtaxes@yahoogroups.co.in> wrote:

 

November 27, 2014[2014] 51 taxmann.com 548 (Delhi)

IT : Income-tax retruns and information provided to Income Tax Authorities by assessee are confidental and not required to be placed in pubic domain; given nature of income-tax returns and information necessary to support same, it would be exempt under section 8(1)(j) of Right to Information Act, 2005 in respect of individual and unincorporated assessees

IT : In cases of widely held companies most information relating to their income and expenditure would be in public domain and it is only confidential information that would be exempt from disclosure under section 8(1)(d) of 2005 Act

IT : Information furnished by an assessee in income-tax return can be disclosed only where it is necessary to do in public interest and where such interest outweighs in importance, any possible harm or injury to assessee or any other third party, however, information furnished by corporate assessees that neither relates to another party nor is exempt under section 8(1)(d) of 2005 Act can be disclosed

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[2014] 51 taxmann.com 548 (Delhi)

HIGH COURT OF DELHI

Naresh Trehan

v.

Rakesh Kumar Gupta

Vibhu Bakhru, J.

W.P. (C) Nos. 85, 202, 206, 207 and 214 of 2010
C.M. Nos. 156, 389, 392, 394, 445 and 526 of 2010 and 5560 of 2011

NOVEMBER  24, 2014 

Rajiv Nayar, Sr. Advocate Shyel Trehan, Ms. Manjira Dasgupta, Sandeep Sethi, Sr. Advocate Simran Mehta, Prabhat Kalia and Rohit Puri for the Petitioner.