The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Central Bureau of Investigation on a plea filed by former Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) officer Major General V.K. Singh (retd), challenging a Delhi High Court order that allowed only inspection, and not supply of copies, of documents relied upon by the probe agency in a case against him under the Official Secrets Act.

A bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi said it would examine the issue after receiving the CBI’s reply and posted the matter for hearing after four weeks.

Singh has questioned the September 19 order of the Delhi High Court which modified a trial court direction and permitted inspection of the documents by him and his counsel, citing their sensitive nature, instead of supplying certified copies.

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