The Supreme Court today issued notice on retired Major General VK Singh's challenge to a Delhi High Court order which allowed him inspection of documents relied upon by the CBI in the Official Secrets Act case against him, but not supply of those documents.

To recap, the Official Secrets Act case was lodged against Singh pursuant to his publication of a book post-retirement alleging corruption in RAW (Research and Analysis Wing).

A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi passed the order, after hearing Advocate Prashant Bhushan (for Singh).

Bhushan apprised the Court that the supply of documents relied upon in the chargesheet was allowed by the Magistrate, with a condition that Singh shall not disclose them. CBI had opposed the plea saying the documents contained sen

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