Court for prosecution of RIL, 3 officials in OSA case

A Delhi court has allowed criminal prosecution of the Reliance Industries Ltd and its three senior officials for illegally possessing secret documents pertaining to cabinet meetings on economic matters. The order was passed, 14 years after the FIR was lodged in 1998 when the RIL Group was not split between between Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani. Judge Narinder Kumar said a prima facie case was made out against RIL, its then Group President V Balasubramanian, Vice-President A N Sethuraman and General Manager (corporate affairs) Shankar Adawal under the Official Secrets Act.