Rafale Scam in SC : Attorney General threatens media organizations

The government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that documents related to the Rafale deal have been stolen from the defence ministry and suggested using the Official Secrets Act against The Hindu newspaper for publishing articles based on them. Prabir Purkayastha, Editor-in-Chief, Newsclick, and Senior Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta discuss the ramifications of this on the Fourth Estate.

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Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/