https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173969 Sections 123 and 162 of the Indian Evidence Act were harmonised by holding that the court may conduct a limited preliminary enquiry to decide whether a document falls within the privileged class, including receiving collateral evidence on its nature, but the question whether disclosure would injure public interest remains for the head of the department. Applying that approach, cabinet minutes and related records of ministerial advice were treated as protected from production, and the Public Service Commission report was also held privileged by the majority as disclosure would prejudice public interest. The privilege claim was upheld and production refused, though the dissent would have ordered disclosure of the report. en-us Tue, 15 Nov 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:14:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173969 Sections 123 and 162 of the Indian Evidence Act were harmonised by holding that the court may conduct a limited preliminary enquiry to decide whether a document falls within the privileged class, including receiving collateral evidence on its nature, but the question whether disclosure would injure public interest remains for the head of the department. Applying that approach, cabinet minutes and related records of ministerial advice were treated as protected from production, and the Public Service Commission report was also held privileged by the majority as disclosure would prejudice public interest. The privilege claim was upheld and production refused, though the dissent would have ordered disclosure of the report. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 15 Nov 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173969