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 within the RAW in his book 'India's External Intelligence: Secrets of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)' published soon after his retirement in 2007. A bench of justices JK Maheshwari and AS Chandurkar said, "These are documents you wish to use against him (Singh). You are not giving it to a third party. He will be using it for his defence during trial." The former army official had approached the court claiming access to 12 documents and statements of four witnesses that was put against him in justifying the charge against him under OSA. He had approached the court against a September 19, 2025, order passed by the Delhi high court refusing him a copy of the documents relied upon by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claiming it to be "classified information". Instead, the HC allowed him to inspect the documents. The decision reversed an earlier order of December 12, 2009 by a Delhi court permitting a copy of the documents to Singh on the condition that it will remain in his personal custody. CBI had registered the case against Singh in September 2007, accusing him of revealing secret information that prejudiced the security of the nation. By April 2008, the Centre gave the authorisation for filing a charge sheet under the OSA....