https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157642 The right to know is not absolute and may yield where public interest in confidentiality outweighs openness, particularly for intelligence inputs, unverified material, and information affecting public security or effective government functioning. Supporting reports, notes and letters furnished in confidence were therefore not disclosed, because disclosure could prejudice intelligence agencies, create unnecessary suspicion against uninvolved persons, and assist those under scrutiny. The Court also preferred an independent high-level monitoring mechanism over reliance on the existing nodal arrangement alone in a sensitive matter requiring stronger coordination, independence, and public confidence in follow-up investigation and prosecution. en-us Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 13:07:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157642 The right to know is not absolute and may yield where public interest in confidentiality outweighs openness, particularly for intelligence inputs, unverified material, and information affecting public security or effective government functioning. Supporting reports, notes and letters furnished in confidence were therefore not disclosed, because disclosure could prejudice intelligence agencies, create unnecessary suspicion against uninvolved persons, and assist those under scrutiny. The Court also preferred an independent high-level monitoring mechanism over reliance on the existing nodal arrangement alone in a sensitive matter requiring stronger coordination, independence, and public confidence in follow-up investigation and prosecution. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157642