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Apr 10 2019 (SC)

Manohar Lal Sharma Vs. Narendra Damodardas Modi

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... legal issue concerning the parties. 14 6. insofar as the claim of privilege is concerned, on the very face of it, section 123 of the indian evidence act, 1872 relates to unpublished public records. as already noticed, the three documents have been published in different editions of the hindu 8 newspaper. that apart, as ..... originally styled in england is mainly embedded in a statutory provision namely section 123 of the indian evidence act. also section 124 of the said act is relied upon in the affidavit of the secretary. section 124 of the indian evidence act, 1872 reads as follows:- 124. official communications. no public officer shall be compelled to disclose ..... further contended that the documents cannot be accessed under the right to information act in view of the provisions contained in section 8(1)(a) of the said 3 act. additionally, the provisions contained in section 123 of the indian evidence act, 1872 have been pressed into service and privilege has been claimed so as to .....

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Apr 10 2019 (SC)

Yashwant Sinha Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation Through Its Directo ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... legal issue concerning the parties. 14 6. insofar as the claim of privilege is concerned, on the very face of it, section 123 of the indian evidence act, 1872 relates to unpublished public records. as already noticed, the three documents have been published in different editions of the hindu 8 newspaper. that apart, as ..... originally styled in england is mainly embedded in a statutory provision namely section 123 of the indian evidence act. also section 124 of the said act is relied upon in the affidavit of the secretary. section 124 of the indian evidence act, 1872 reads as follows:- 124. official communications. no public officer shall be compelled to disclose ..... further contended that the documents cannot be accessed under the right to information act in view of the provisions contained in section 8(1)(a) of the said 3 act. additionally, the provisions contained in section 123 of the indian evidence act, 1872 have been pressed into service and privilege has been claimed so as to .....

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Apr 10 2019 (SC)

Sanjay Singh Vs. Union of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... legal issue concerning the parties. 14 6. insofar as the claim of privilege is concerned, on the very face of it, section 123 of the indian evidence act, 1872 relates to unpublished public records. as already noticed, the three documents have been published in different editions of the hindu 8 newspaper. that apart, as ..... originally styled in england is mainly embedded in a statutory provision namely section 123 of the indian evidence act. also section 124 of the said act is relied upon in the affidavit of the secretary. section 124 of the indian evidence act, 1872 reads as follows:- 124. official communications. no public officer shall be compelled to disclose ..... further contended that the documents cannot be accessed under the right to information act in view of the provisions contained in section 8(1)(a) of the said 3 act. additionally, the provisions contained in section 123 of the indian evidence act, 1872 have been pressed into service and privilege has been claimed so as to .....

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Apr 10 2019 (SC)

Vineet Dhanda Vs. Union of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... legal issue concerning the parties. 14 6. insofar as the claim of privilege is concerned, on the very face of it, section 123 of the indian evidence act, 1872 relates to unpublished public records. as already noticed, the three documents have been published in different editions of the hindu 8 newspaper. that apart, as ..... originally styled in england is mainly embedded in a statutory provision namely section 123 of the indian evidence act. also section 124 of the said act is relied upon in the affidavit of the secretary. section 124 of the indian evidence act, 1872 reads as follows:- 124. official communications. no public officer shall be compelled to disclose ..... further contended that the documents cannot be accessed under the right to information act in view of the provisions contained in section 8(1)(a) of the said 3 act. additionally, the provisions contained in section 123 of the indian evidence act, 1872 have been pressed into service and privilege has been claimed so as to .....

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Apr 22 2024 (HC)

Dr S M Mannan Vs. Central Bureau Of Investigation (anti Corruption Bur ...

Court : Karnataka

..... . it is stated that the head of the department has been empowered under section 123 of the indian evidence act, 1872 to give or withhold permission to give evidence arising from official records. further, under section 124 of the indian evidence act, 1872, no public officer shall be compelled to disclose communications made to him in official 36 confidence when ..... by the home ministry in respect of cbi during the above- mentioned period were in accordance with the provisions of section 5(2) of the indian telegraph act and did not merit any intervention of the committee. v. further, it is stated that the records of the review committee are secret official records ..... learned senior counsel would submit that the telephone of the petitioner could not have been intercepted contrary to the provisions of the indian telegraph act and the rules and the information technology act and the rules. it is his submission that a telephone can be intercepted only on grounds where there was public emergency, .....

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Mar 26 1998 (HC)

Dr. Shobha Chaudhary Vs. Maharshi Dayanand University

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : (1998)119PLR660

..... of the department concerned, who shall give or withhold such permission as he thinks fit. under section 124 of the indian evidence act, 1872, 'no public officer shall be compelled to disclose communication made to him in official confidence when he considers that the public interests would suffer by disclosure ..... when the plaintiff wants to produce them, there is no question of the university claiming privilege. under section 123 of the indian evidence act, 1872. no one shall be permitted to give any evidence derived from unpublished official records relating to any affairs of the state except with the permission of the officer at the head ..... secret. when the petitioner obtained copies of the documents, she can prove the same and also adduce evidence in regard to the contents thereof in view of the provisions contained in section 65 of the indian evidence act, 1872.4. i, therefore, allow this civil revision petition and direct the trial court to permit the plaintiff .....

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Mar 29 1967 (HC)

Suryamani Tarai and ors. Vs. State of Orissa

Court : Orissa

Reported in : AIR1967Ori189; 33(1967)CLT576; 1967CriLJ1552

..... it, at the time and place stated in the summons or order. (3) nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the indian evidence act, 1872, sections 123 and 124. .......... these two sections of the evidence act deal with as to affairs of the state and official communications. it is conceded by the learned additional standing counsel that there is no question ..... . 2 and 5 in the suicide case. the learned assistant sessions judge got himself completely confused in holding that these statements are privileged under sections 123 and 124, evidence act. though the investigation in the suicide case and the investigation under ex. 9 are not in one and the same proceeding, the fact remains that in the course ..... orderg.k. misra, j. 1. the three petitioners with another rama tarai are under trial under sections 384/34 and 447/34, indian penal code, before the assistant sessions judge, jajpur, in a sessions case. prosecution case is that accused rama tarai, father-in-law of the deceased, lodged an f. .....

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Aug 03 1967 (HC)

A. S. N. M. Idris Ambalam Vs. M. Abdul Hakim.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : [1968]68ITR733(Mad)

..... a misconception, and that the view taken by the learned judge is not correct. privileges of parties to a proceeding generally are to be found in the indian evidence act (i of 1872), particularly such sections as section 22 which relates to communications during marriage, section 126 relating to bar of disclosure of professional communications by barristers and lawyers, ..... section 137 did not create an obligation, privilege or right. the learned counsel for the revision petitioner brings it to my notice that in the latest income-tax act, section 137 is altogether omitted.however that might be, the position in law is clear, and this question can be asked of the respondent with perfect validity. ..... . that will concern the obligations and rights of the income-tax authorities and it will have to be dealt with on the provisions of the income-tax act as it stands.the order of the lower court is accordingly set aside, and the court will now further proceed into the matter as laid down under order .....

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Aug 19 1981 (HC)

Banka Kandaswamy Reddy Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 1982CriLJ393

..... guilt or innocence of the accused. in state of punjab v. s. s. singh : [1961]2scr371 the supreme court after referring to sections 123 and 162 of the evidence act, has observed : 'thus our conclusion is that reading sections 123 and 162 together the court cannot hold an enquiry into the possible injury to public interest which may result from ..... c.i.d. of the enquiry held by him. the superintendent of police c.b. c.i.d. while producing the documents, claimed privilege under section 124 of the evidence act on the ground that 'public interests' would suffer by the disclosure. the addl. sessions judge held that the report of the inspector of police, c.b. c.i.d. ..... sessions judge, cuddapah, dt. 23-6-1981, upholding the privilege claimed by the superintendent of police c.b. c.i.d. under sections 123 and 124 of the evidence act is questioned in this revision. 2. crime no. 35/78 of vempalli police station relating to the murder of one laxmi reddy of kuppalapalli village was investigated into by the .....

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Nov 07 1938 (PC)

Bhalchandra Dattatraya Bubane Vs. Chanbasappa Mallappa Warad

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR1939Bom237; (1939)41BOMLR391

..... the officer to whom, it is made considers contrary to the public interests. in my opinion a communication in official confidence requiring protection under section 124, indian evidence act, must be such as to necessarily involve the wilful confiding of secrets with a view to avoid publicity by reason of the official position of the ..... between a private witness called upon to produce private documents and a public officer summoned to produce public record. in that respect section 124 of the indian evidence act is more particular and lays down the rule of public policy, and the limits within which the production can be withheld, that is the character and ..... purporting to be the acknowledgment?', 11, 'is it binding on the defendant?', 12, 'does the defendant prove that the statement is inadmissible under section 124 of the indian evidence act?', 13, ' what is the date of the statement?' and 14, 'whether it amounts to acknowledgment saving the bar of limitation?' the findings were all in favour .....

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