The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the government to place before it the report of Lt Gen Henderson Brooks on the reasons behind 1962 Sino-India war to decide whether it could be made public. Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the government and asked it to file its response on a petition filed by noted journalist Kuldip Nayar,seeking the courts direction to the Centre to disclose the report. Advocate Rajiv Nayar,appearing for the petitioner,contended that the report was more that 45 years old and it could not remain classified. It is now 43 years old and should have been formally available in the Archives of India some 30 years after it was submitted to the Government of India. I hope I can use my right under Right to Information to get copy, the petition said,adding that in the US,the papers relating to Vietnam were made public. The Court after hearing his arguments asked the government to file the report in a sealed envelope and posted the matter for further hearing on October 22.
