Reacting to SC order on Rafale case, defence ministry says petitioners trying to present a ‘selective and incomplete picture of internal secret deliberations’ on national security matters.
Reacting to a news report about MoD officials raising objections to the Rafale deal, former IAF deputy chief S.B.P. Sinha says he’s heard about this only now.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
If the public interest has been hurt / national security has been compromised by the publication of these classified documnts, it was incumbent on the respondents to satisfy the Court that this was so. In fact, the subject matter of these documents is purely commercial, viz, whether a sovereign / bank guarantee ought to be furnished, whether the savings resulting from this not being done should be passed on entirely or substantially to the buyer. Whether the offsets should be front / back loaded, whether net present value should be worked out when these are deferred. In the absence of any sensitive information having been brought into the domain, the recourse to the draconian OSA was not likely to send out a wholesome impression. 2. As far as the media is concerned, going beyond this case, quoting the Pentagon Papers precedent or the Australian case law, the apex court is lending its imprimatur to the press continuing to report on public affairs without fear or favour. A very good judgment.
Absolute freedom of press without any responsibility will harm freedom too. Later national security, social order too.
If the public interest has been hurt / national security has been compromised by the publication of these classified documnts, it was incumbent on the respondents to satisfy the Court that this was so. In fact, the subject matter of these documents is purely commercial, viz, whether a sovereign / bank guarantee ought to be furnished, whether the savings resulting from this not being done should be passed on entirely or substantially to the buyer. Whether the offsets should be front / back loaded, whether net present value should be worked out when these are deferred. In the absence of any sensitive information having been brought into the domain, the recourse to the draconian OSA was not likely to send out a wholesome impression. 2. As far as the media is concerned, going beyond this case, quoting the Pentagon Papers precedent or the Australian case law, the apex court is lending its imprimatur to the press continuing to report on public affairs without fear or favour. A very good judgment.