https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=381544 Documents already published in the press and in the public domain were held not to be excluded merely because they were alleged to have been improperly procured or protected by official secrecy or privilege. The Court noted that the Official Secrets Act and evidentiary privilege lost force once the material was publicly available, especially where no unpublished official record was being compelled. It further recognised that disclosure may prevail where public interest outweighs protected interests, and that relevancy alone does not justify exclusion absent an express legal bar. The constitutional bar under Article 74(2) was not attracted on the facts presented. en-us Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=381544 Documents already published in the press and in the public domain were held not to be excluded merely because they were alleged to have been improperly procured or protected by official secrecy or privilege. The Court noted that the Official Secrets Act and evidentiary privilege lost force once the material was publicly available, especially where no unpublished official record was being compelled. It further recognised that disclosure may prevail where public interest outweighs protected interests, and that relevancy alone does not justify exclusion absent an express legal bar. The constitutional bar under Article 74(2) was not attracted on the facts presented. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=381544