Right to Information Act, 2005 has inherent tension between conflicting rights i.e. right to privacy, right to autonomy, public interest etc. especially pertaining to medical profession. Many situations do come in direct confrontation with RTI as in case of Medicolegal Reports, Post-mortem Reports, medical records etc.
many such issues come for appeal before appellate authorities i.e. Central Appellate Authority appointed under Central Information and various courts including High Courts and Supreme Court of India. Many conflicting judgments of CIC, and courts in these matters further confused the issue of RTI and medical profession. The subject matter of Right to Information, privileges and exceptions came before Hon’ble Supreme Court and Delhi High Court which involved questions of great importance concerning balance of rights of individuals and equities against the backdrop of…
