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[1] AIR 1978 SC 597; (1978) 1 SCC 248

[2] (1863) 14 CBNS 180; 143 ER 414

[3] 1961 AIR 1397, 1962 SCR (1) 456

[4] Gorkha Security Services v. Govt. (NCT of Delhi), (2014) 9 SCC 105.

[5] Gurdail Singh Fijji v. State of Punjab, (1979) 2 SCC 368; AIR 1979 SC 1622.

[6] (1982) 1 SCC 271; AIR 1982 SC 710.

[7] C. K. Thakker, "From Duty to Act Judicially to Duty to Act Fairly," (2003) 4SCC J-1, 11.

[8] Benjafield and Whitmore, Principles of Australian Administrative Law (1971) 145.

[9] Union of India v. Hindustan Development Corporation, (1993) 3 SCC 499.

[10] Extract from the judgment of Krishna Iyer J in Mohinder Singh Gill v. Chief Election Commissioner, (1978) 1 SCC 405, 432; AIR 1978 SC 851.

[11] Mohinder Singh Gill v. Chief Election Commissioner, (1978) 1 SCC 405, 436;

[12] (1981) 1 SCC 420; AIR 1981 SC 760. Generally, the Court is inclined against confidentiality and would prefer an open government. See S.P. Gupta v. Union of India, 1981 Supp SCC 87; AIR 1982 SC 149.

[13] Hirabayashi v. United States, 87 L Ed 1774; 320 US 490, 102 (1942).

[14] Indian Penal Code, 1860

[15] Indian Evidence Act, 1872

[16] Criminal Procedure Code, 1973

[17] Civil Procedure Code,1908

[18] 1975 AIR 266, 1975 SCR (2) 674

[19] 1978 AIR 851, 1978 SCR (3) 272