New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to file the detailed layout plan for housing the Central Secretariat Library (CSL) in the new Central Vista project, observing that cutting down on paper does not mean losing out on valuable papers from the past.

A bench of justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva said, "It is well to say we must cut down on paper. But to do away with valuable papers is not acceptable."

Issuing notice to the Centre, the bench directed for a detailed affidavit to be filed in three weeks on the space to be allotted for the CSL in the new Central Vista plan after additional solicitor general (ASG) Aishwarya Bhati informed that the library is being provided a space of 5,200 square metres...