SEBI's Obligation to Disclose Documents: Ensuring Transparency and Fairness in Adjudicatory Proceedings u/r of Law.

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....Offence under SEBI - Whether SEBI is required to disclose documents in the present set of proceedings? - The approach of SEBI, in failing to disclose the documents also raises concerns of transparency and fair trial. Opaqueness only propagates prejudice and partiality. Opaqueness is antithetical to transparency. It is of utmost importance that in a country grounded in the Rule of Law, institutions ought to adopt procedures that further the democratic principles of transparency and accountability. Principles of fairness and transparency of adjudicatory proceedings are the cornerstone of the principles of open justice. - SC....