S.P.Gupta

 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 

7.2 In the case of S.P.Gupta (supra), the relevant para reads as under: “…. The concept of an open government is the direct emanation from the right to know which seems to be implicit in the right of free speech and expression guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a). Therefore, disclosure of information in regard to the functioning of Government must be rule and secrecy an exception justified only where the strictest requirement of pubic interest so demands. The approach of the Court must be to attenuate the area of secrecy as much as possible consistently with the requirement of public interest, bearing in mind all the time that disclosure also serves an important aspect of public interest….”