The Supreme Court of India on Thursday Aug 1,2013 asked whether the Income
Tax department had informed the authorities which had directed the
tapping of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s telephone about the
sensitive and serious nature of the conversations
An
apex court bench headed by Justice G.S. Singhvi also asked whether the
Income Tax department had informed the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) about the criminality of certain matters that surfaced from the
conversations
Noting that it was five years since
the former corporate lobbyist’s phones were tapped but no follow-up
action had taken place, the court also sought the original records
sanctioning the tapping of the conversations running into more than
5,000 hours
Additional Solicitor General A.S.
Chandiok told the court that Radia tapes could not be disclosed to
anybody or everybody and that they were only to be disclosed to the
Income Tax officers.
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