Introduction: The Karnataka High Court recently stepped into a debate that sits right at the crossroads of privacy and matrimonial fairness. The question before it was simple but loaded can a wife use the Right to Information Act, 2005 to get hold of her husband's Income Tax Returns during a maintenance dispute? The Court said no. And the reasoning it gave is worth unpacking carefully. According to the judgment, ITRs and related financial papers fall squarely under "personal
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