The Supreme Court rejected the Centre’s objection on the admissibility of the review petitions filed in the Rafale case. The government had argued that the documents were sensitive to national security and their unauthorized photocopying and leakage constituted penal offences.
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The Supreme Court, while hearing the case seeking a review of its judgment on the Rafale warplane deal, said the Right to Information Act, 2005 prevails over the Official Secrets Act, 1923. For this, the court referred to certain sections of the RTI Act.
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After telling the Supreme Court that classified documents related to the Rafale deal were stolen from the defence ministry, attorney general KK Venugopal has taken a complete U-turn. He now says reports of him having said so was “wholly incorrect”.
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N Ram said, “We got them from confidential sources and no force on earth can make me or us reveal the source of the documents, because we have given our word.”
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The Centre told the Supreme Court that Rafale documents related to warplane deal have been “stolen” from the defence ministry and warned the Hindu newspaper of the Official Secrets Act.
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