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2012 (8) TMI 715 - DELHI HIGH COURTRTI Act - application with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) about the action taken report (ATR) on a complaint made to the Central Vigilance Commission – Held that:- Disclosure of information relating to alleged charges of corruption and misappropriation of government money - allegation and/or complaint, vigilance enquiry and the enquiry reports were in respect of the Ambassador in her official capacity and related to her office and acts/omissions therein and also because all the information sought by the Appellant exists in official records already, hence the information cannot be classified as personal nor exemption be sought on that ground - since the information sought relates to allegations of misappropriation of government money, public money being at stake, the information cannot be considered as personal information and hence the information does not fall under provisions of Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act, 2005 - information as sought by the Appellant be provided - No authority can proceed on the assumption that an information ordered to be disclosed will be misused - mere expression of an apprehension of possible misuse of information cannot justify non-disclosure of information
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