Delhi HC Queries How Media Got Centre's Affidavit Before It Saw It

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Same-sex partner medical rights plea: Delhi HC asks how media got Centre's affidavit beforehand

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Same-sex partner medical rights plea: Delhi HC asks how media got Centre's affidavit beforehand

Bar & Bench · Original source ↗

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Centre backs same-sex partners taking medical calls in emergencies | Legal News - The Indian Express

indianexpress.com · Original source ↗

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Non-heterosexual partners can be medical representatives during medical treatment: Centre tells Delhi HC

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Centre backs same-sex partners taking medical calls in emergencies | Legal News - The Indian Express

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Centre backs same-sex partners taking medical calls in emergencies | Legal News - The Indian Express

indianexpress.com · Original source ↗

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No original court documents, registry records, or the disputed counter-affidavit were captured. All evidence is publisher reporting; the application resolves passage IDs to captured text rather than to primary filings.

The commissioning question asks who had custody of the affidavit and how it reached media before the bench — the captured sources do not answer this. The court asked how the press obtained it, the ASG denied government sharing, and no source identifies who supplied it. The confidentiality and access questions cannot be established from the captures.

Filing date conflict: The Indian Express reports the ministry's response was filed September 9, while Bar & Bench refers to an affidavit dated September 10. The captures do not reconcile these.

Next-hearing conflict: an Indian Express capture states the petition will next be heard September 25; Bar & Bench reports October 5. Both cannot be resolved from the captures.

Different outlets reporting the same hearing and the same government affidavit are not independent corroboration; the record consists of press accounts of one hearing and one filing. Statements are attributed to their speakers and institutions and are not findings of fact.

No evidence of disagreement does not prove consensus. The absence of contrary reporting on the leak's source does not establish that no leak occurred or that the government's denial is correct.

Only Bar & Bench's website captures directly cover the court's leak inquiry; The Indian Express and The New Indian Express captures cover the underlying affidavit and plea, not the hearing.

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