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2004 (1) TMI 641 - SUPREME COURT
Whether the document in respect of which privilege is claimed, is really a document (unpublished) relating to any affairs of State?
Whether disclosure of the contents of the document would be against public interest?
Held that:- Keeping in view the purport and object for which the disclosure of the Report of the Board has been withheld, we are of the opinion that it is not a fit case where this Court should exercise its discretionary jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution of India. We may record that the learned Attorney General had made an offer to place the Report before us in a sealed cover. We do not think that in this case, perusal of the report by the Court is necessary. We are also satisfied that the order issued by the Central Government under Section 18 of the Act and its claim of privilege do not suffer from any legal infirmity warranting interference with the High Court judgment by us. Appeal dismissed.