India, Jan. 13 -- The Delhi high court on Tuesday remarked that the PM CARES Fund, despite being constituted, managed, administered, supervised and controlled by the government, may still enjoy the privacy safeguards available to third parties in relation to the disclosure of their information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The PM CARES Fund was established in March 2020 to provide relief to citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic or similar emergencies.

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tejas Karia made the remarks while hearing an appeal filed by RTI applicant Girish Mittal challenging the single judge's ruling on January 22, 2024.

The single judge had set aside the Central Information Commission's (CIC) order...