https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157271 Section 123 of the Evidence Act protects official documents only where disclosure would injure public interest, not merely because they are confidential or official. A privilege claim is ordinarily supported by an affidavit from the departmental head, but an initial defect does not waive the claim if the objection is clearly maintained before final decision. The court may determine the validity of the objection, require further affidavits, inspect the documents where necessary, and order partial disclosure if severable innocuous parts can be separated without distortion. Limited prior reference to parts of a document does not make the whole record published or destroy the privilege claim. The matter required reconsideration on affidavits, with liberty to protect sensitive portions. en-us Fri, 24 Jan 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157271 Section 123 of the Evidence Act protects official documents only where disclosure would injure public interest, not merely because they are confidential or official. A privilege claim is ordinarily supported by an affidavit from the departmental head, but an initial defect does not waive the claim if the objection is clearly maintained before final decision. The court may determine the validity of the objection, require further affidavits, inspect the documents where necessary, and order partial disclosure if severable innocuous parts can be separated without distortion. Limited prior reference to parts of a document does not make the whole record published or destroy the privilege claim. The matter required reconsideration on affidavits, with liberty to protect sensitive portions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 24 Jan 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157271