SC allows ex-Army officer access to classified documents in OSA case
New Delhi, May 19 -- The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a Delhi high court order refusing access of "sensitive" documents to a retired Army officer facing trial under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) on an undertaking that the same shall not be made public or put out in media or social media platforms.
Directing the Centre to provide a typed copy of the documents in question within two months, the court said that the petitioner will also be entitled to inspect the original documents during the hearing of the matter in the trial court.
The order followed after the court nudged the Centre to revisit its objection to provide copies of the documents to the petitioner, Major General (retd) VK Singh, who blew the lid off the irregularities withi...
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