Raj Narain

 THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11826 of 2020, 

SWATI RAJIV GOSWAMI 

Versus

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, AHMEDABAD, the 

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIREN VAISHNAV

held as 

7.1 As held by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the decision of Raj Narain (supra), relevant para of the decision reads as under: “ In a government of responsibility like ours, where all the agents of the public must be responsible for their conduct, there can but few secrets. The people of this country have a right to know every public act, everything, that is done in a public way, by their public functionaries. They are entitled to know the particulars of every public transaction in all its bearing. The right to know, which ids derived from the concept of freedom of speech, though not absolute, is a factor which should make one wary, when secrecy is claimed for transactions which can, at any rate, have on repercussion on public security. Page 22 of 31 C/SCA/11826/2020 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 17/01/2023 To cover with veil secrecy the common routine business, is not in the interest of public….”