Tata wants Radia tapes report, SC unimpressed
23 Aug 2012 6:59 AM IST
The Supreme Court asked the Tata group chairperson Ratan Tata on Wednesday why he should be given a copy of the report of the inquiry into the leakage of the former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia's tapes when he had only sought an inquiry in his petition.
A bench of Justice G S Singhvi and Justice S J Mukhopadhaya told Tata's counsel Mukul Rohtagi that by doing so he was enlarging his prayer by filing application seeking contents of the probe report. It said that the government is itself making an inquiry and the report will be placed before the court.
Rohtagi, however, submitted that it was necessary to see the findings of the report, as his entire arguments will be based on it. He said that the intercepted phone calls were a property of the government and its disclosure was violation of Tata's right to privacy. 'I am entitled to know how it was leaked. I am not interested in claiming damages. I want to ensure that such lackadaisical approach should not be taken by the government in future,' he said.
The bench, however, observed that the government has already taken action and if there is a breach of law then it will seek a response from the government.
Expressing reservation over Rohtagi's plea for disclosing the report, the bench said the person whose phone was tapped is not before it.
The arguments remained inconclusive.
A bench of Justice G S Singhvi and Justice S J Mukhopadhaya told Tata's counsel Mukul Rohtagi that by doing so he was enlarging his prayer by filing application seeking contents of the probe report. It said that the government is itself making an inquiry and the report will be placed before the court.
Rohtagi, however, submitted that it was necessary to see the findings of the report, as his entire arguments will be based on it. He said that the intercepted phone calls were a property of the government and its disclosure was violation of Tata's right to privacy. 'I am entitled to know how it was leaked. I am not interested in claiming damages. I want to ensure that such lackadaisical approach should not be taken by the government in future,' he said.
The bench, however, observed that the government has already taken action and if there is a breach of law then it will seek a response from the government.
Expressing reservation over Rohtagi's plea for disclosing the report, the bench said the person whose phone was tapped is not before it.
The arguments remained inconclusive.
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