Rafale case: Supreme Court accepts stolen papers as evidence

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. Read More
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Rafale: Supreme Court says RTI prevails over Official Secrets Act

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. Read More
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Now, attorney general Venugopal says Rafale papers not stolen

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”. Read More
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Rafale row: Ram refuses to reveal his sources, says papers not stolen

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.” Read More
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Govt to SC: Rafale documents ‘stolen from defence ministry’

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. Read More
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