The Centre on Saturday warned of grave repercussions to the very existence of the Indian state if penal provisions against publication of state secrets are waived as the Supreme Court did in its April 10 order rejecting the government’s reservations over use of leaked defence documents.
The government’s arguments came in response to a plea seeking review of the Supreme Court’s Rafale order that relied on three leaked defence documents. “The April 10 judgment of the SC would imply that any document marked secret, obtained by whatever means and placed in public domain, can be used without attracting any penal action,” the Centre’s affidavit said.
The Centre on Saturday warned of grave repercussions to the very existence of the Indian state if penal provisions against publication of state secrets are waived as the Supreme Court did in its April 10 order rejecting the government’s reservations over use of leaked defence documents.
The government’s arguments came in response to a plea seeking review of the Supreme Court’s Rafale order that relied on three leaked defence documents. “The April 10 judgment of the SC would imply that any document marked secret, obtained by whatever means and placed in public domain, can be used without attracting any penal action,” the Centre’s affidavit said.
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