Official Secrets Act Current Affairs, GK & News
Operation Desert Chase
The Rajasthan Police recently arrested two civil defence employees in Jaipur based on Military Intelligence inputs. They were arrested upon the input that they were passing sensitive information to Pakistan spy agency ISI (Inter Service Intelligence). The information was passed under Operation Desert Chase. Operation Desert Chase The Operation is an anti-espionage operation that was ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: India- Pakistan • India-Pakistan 1947 war • Inter Service Intelligence • Kashmir Issues • Military Intelligence • Official Secrets Act • Operation Tupac • Right to Information Act
RTI Act supersedes Official Secrets Law
Delivering a separate judgment in the Rafale case, Justice K.M. Joseph has made the following observations: The Right to Information Act confers on ordinary citizens the ‘priceless right’ to demand information even in matters affecting national security and relations with a foreign state. Justice Joseph’s judgment countered the claim made by the government for privilege ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: CLAT • Official Secrets Act • Parliament • Rafale case • Right to Information Act • RTI
Official Secrets Act Versus Right to Information Act
Recently, West Bengal Government has declassified certain documents related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The government in that state is further planning to digitize the records of the freedom struggle from 1937 to 1947 in order to preserve history. This topic has been appearing in newspapers frequently. Further, the Central Government has also said that ..
Topics: India • Information • Information sensitivity • National security • Official Secrets Act • Open government • Right to Information Act • Secrecy • Secrets Act