{"id":30736,"date":"2018-10-26T18:01:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30736"},"modified":"2018-10-26T18:01:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:31:07","slug":"blue-star-tribunal-focusses-on-indian-sensitivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blue-star-tribunal-focusses-on-indian-sensitivities\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Star tribunal focusses on Indian sensitivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/blue-star-tribunal-focusses-on-indian-sensitivities\/article22987673.ece\"><b>Blue Star tribunal focusses on Indian sensitivities<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tribunal on whether <\/span><b>further details of British involvement in the run-up to the 1984 Operation Blue Star should be made public<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was set to conclude.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Explanation:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is important to come to a conclusion as the issue of Indian sensitivities around Sikh separatism both past and present and its potential impact on U.K.-India bilateral relations took centre stage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Counsel for the Cabinet Office sought to <\/span><b>argue against further Cabinet Office and Prime Ministerial documents to be made public<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the ground that they related to discussions involving intelligence services and that issues around separatism continued to be viewed as a <\/span><b>\u201cthreat to the existence of the Indian state\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and of the <\/span><b>\u201chighest sensitivity.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Counsel leading the appeal for the publication of the documents argued that <\/span><b>\u201cserious human rights abuses were committed against the Sikh community in India\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and that the public disclosures were necessary to fully understanding the wider factors influencing the relationship and the context of what was done.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There had been <\/span><b>little sign in the evidence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> presented to the court <\/span><b>that the issue remained a highly sensitive political issue in India,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the potential to damage bilateral relations, pointing to the failure of Britain to consult India on the 2014 disclosures.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Concluding session:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the concluding session, the Cabinet Office\u2019s counsel focused on the <\/span><b>Section 23<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exemptions, as well as exemptions relating to <\/span><b>Section 27<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the same Act relating to impact on a diplomatic partner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summing up the conclusions of the FCO witnesses, the expectations of the Indian government would be that Britain would apply <\/span><b>\u201cparticular importance to questions of confidentiality\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and that there remained <\/span><b>\u201cparticularly sensitivities\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> around the issue of Sikh separatism.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the appellant\u2019s position that <\/span><b>there was little evidence to support the Cabinet Office position regarding current Indian sensitivities about further disclosures,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was also supported by the Counsel for the Office of Information Commissioner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>India\u2019s view:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources have suggested <\/span><b>India holds a neutral position on the issue.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because viewing the decision on whether to release further information on the case is <\/span><b>a purely domestic matter for Britain.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Star tribunal focusses on Indian sensitivities Context: A tribunal on whether further details of British involvement in the run-up to the 1984 Operation Blue Star should be made public was set to conclude. 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