Official Secrets Act

As the Right To Information Act completes 18 years of its enactment, the focus once again shifts to questions of efficacy, transparency and governmental control. FORMER CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER YASHVARDHAN KUMAR SINHA, who demitted office this month, spoke to RAJSHRI RAI, editor-in-chief, APN channel, on a wide range of issues during the interaction at the India Legal Research Foundation symposium

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The bail plea of freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma was adjourned to September 20 by Delhi High Court since both prosecution and defence lawyers were busy elsewhere. Sharma was arrested under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly leaking confidential information to Chinese intelligence agencies.

The Delhi Police special cell has arrested city-based freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma under the Official Secrets Act (OSA). Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav has been quoted as saying:

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