CIC has allowed disclosure of External and Internal Audit reports of bank branches.
1.
http://cic.gov.in/CIC-Orders/Decision_05072007_05.pdf
(Canara Bank)
As far as item no.(xi) is concerned, both internal and external audit report as such cannot be exempted from disclosure under section 8(1)(d) of the RTI Act. The Chief Public Information Officer/AA can go through the audit report and barring the information containing commercial confidence and trade secret, rest of the report can be made available to the appellant on payment of requisite fees.
2.
http://cic.gov.in/CIC-Orders/Decision_31012007_2.pdf
(Vijaya Bank)
As regards, disclosure of
information possessed by the Vijaya Bank, mainly those relating to Audit
Reports, which have been denied u/s 8(1) (d) of the Act is untenable.