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<p style=”margin-bottom: 13px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif”>SOURCE &ndash; INDIAN EXPRESS</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>

<p style=”margin-bottom: 13px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif”>GS PAPER &ndash; 1</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>

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<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif”>CONTEXT</span></span></span></b><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif”> -</span></span></span><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#2e2e2e”>A Delhi court has extended by seven days the custodial interrogation of freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma,&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif”><span style=”color:black”>arrested in an espionage case</span></span></span></span></span><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#2e2e2e”>&nbsp;under the Official Secrets Act.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#2e2e2e”>ABOUT</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>

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<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><strong><span lang=”EN-US” style=”border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size:12.0pt; padding:0cm”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>OSA has its roots</span></span></span></span></strong><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>&nbsp;in the British colonial era. The original version was The Indian Official Secrets Act (Act XIV), 1889. </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>This was brought in with the main objective of muzzling the voice of a large number of newspapers that had come up in several languages, and were opposing the Raj&rsquo;s policies, building political consciousness and facing police crackdowns and prison terms.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>&nbsp;It was amended and made more stringent in the form of The Indian Official Secrets Act, 1904, during Lord Curzon&rsquo;s tenure as Viceroy of India. In 1923, a newer version was notified.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>&nbsp;The Indian Official Secrets Act (Act No XIX of 1923) was extended to all matters of secrecy and confidentiality in governance in the country</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>It broadly deals with two aspects &mdash; spying or espionage, covered under Section 3, and disclosure of other secret information of the government, under Section 5.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:13px; margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span lang=”EN-US” style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>&nbsp;Secret information can be any official code, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document, or information. Under Section 5, both the person communicating the information and the person receiving the information can be punished.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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