National security higher than secrecy of sources: Jaitley

October 26, 2015 18:20

Journalists have the right to conceal and protect their sources in public interest but when it comes to national security, secrecy of sources cannot be of higher importance, Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun

Jaitley today said.

Delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture here, he said a long-pending dispute or issue of debate is about the right of journalists regarding protecting their sources.

"I think the way courts world over have moved, is the correct direction. There is no fundamental right to conceal your sources but there is public interest which enables you to conceal your sources. And that public interest therefore will always have to be balanced with competing public interest," Jaitley, himself a lawyer of repute, said.

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