OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT Subject: Governance Context: The Maharashtra government has decided to seek legal opinion whether Republic TV owner and editor-in-chief can be charged under Official Secrets Act for his revelations about the Balakot airstrike three days in advance. Concept: OSA has its roots in the British colonial era. The original version was […]

Context: The Delhi police has arrested a under the Official Secrets Act (OSA). Concept:  OSA has its roots in the British colonial era. The original version was The Indian Official Secrets Act (Act XIV), 1889. This was brought in with the main objective of muzzling the voice of a large number of newspapers that had come up in […]