in a very memorable and highly important judgement, which will have its footprints on the events in the future for long times to come and has been delivered on april 5, 2023, in the case – madhyamam broadcasting ltd. (mbl) v. union of india & others , chief justice of india dr dhananjaya y chandrachud and justice hima kohli, at the supreme court, have declared that “a blanket immunity from disclosure of all investigative reports cannot be granted”, although, confidentiality and national security are legitim
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The MHA had cited alleged links between the channel’s promoters Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind for denying the security clearance to Media One. Following this, the channel was taken off the air
There is no doubt that the Supreme Court's judgment in this case is a valuable contribution to proportionality jurisprudence. However, the sheer complexity of the tests laid down makes this very much a case of “the proof of the pudding”.
In a significant judgment boosting the interests of transparency, the Supreme Court held that the State cannot claim absolute immunity from disclosure of materials by merely claiming that they are.