Government & Public Body Interactions
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RTI Denied as 'Personal Information'? What Section 8(1)(j) Actually Allows
You filed a Right to Information application, waited out the thirty days, and got back a single line: the information is "personal information" and stands exempted under Section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. No reasons, no explanation, just a statutory reference.