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TopicSealed cover

Topic: sealed cover

‘National security used to deny citizen rights’ — SC tears into sealed-cover reports, slams govt

SC’s remarks against sealed-cover procedure part of judgment on Malayalam news channel MediaOne’s petition challenging Modi government’s refusal to renew its broadcasting licence.

Major national security issue: Who let the dogs out? And ‘frenemy’ theory of international relations

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Why CJI has again advocated ending ‘sealed cover’ practice in SC: ‘There can’t be secrecy in court’

Indian courts accept confidential information from govt agencies in sealed covers, accessible only to judges. An SC bench Monday refused to accept such a submission from central govt.

Sealed cover report, stay on order for CBI inquiry — why Calcutta HC judges are at odds

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay ordered suspect in ‘scam’ to submit details, but division bench let him to do so in sealed cover. Same bench earlier stayed Gangopadhyay’s orders.

Why courts ask for documents in sealed covers & why it’s a problematic practice

Keeping one side bereft of information that is submitted to a judge in a sealed envelop doesn't fit with the constitutional principles that Indian courts abide by.

Sealed-cover doctrine: SC ensuring secrecy or excluding Indians from public debate?

The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission Monday to watch the biopic PM Narendra Modi and submit its decision in a sealed envelope.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.