He submitted that till date there is no Data Protection Act in India. He argued that in one of his prayers he was seeking framing of guidelines. It revealed business practices, strategy to influence people.That is why it became a matter of such public importance.'

It was of the lady who was a corporate lobbyist for two of the most important companies in the country, Reliance and Tata. 'The conversation which was recorded by someone in the income tax department was leaked to the media. CPIL's prayer was to direct the Government to release all 5800 conversations.Īdvocate Prashant Bhushan appearing on behalf of CPIL provided a brief background to the matter to establish the larger public interest: It was added that the connected petition which was filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation can also be disposed of, as it is merely a counter blast to the petition filed by Tata. Union of India (privacy judgment) nothing survives in the present matter. Right to privacy vis-a-vis the Press andīhati submitted that pursuant to the judgment of the 9-Judge Bench of the Apex Court in K.Right to privacy vis-a-vis the Government.She informed the Bench that the three broad issued formulated by the Apex Court were. However, considering that no criminality was found in the 14 inquiries, eventually CBI did not press for the said prayer. 'The Registry is directed to keep the report submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in sealed covers and further not to open those sealed covers without the leave of the Court.'īhati added that CBI had approached the Court seeking permission to conduct one more inquiry. She submitted that in its order dated April 29, 2014, the Apex Court had recorded the receipt of the report submitted by the CBI in the following terms. Subsequently, fourteen preliminary inquiries were registered and the report was placed before the Apex Court in sealed cover, the court was told Narasimha that by an order dated, the Apex Court had directed the CBI to investigate the Niira Radia tapes. In 2010, the recorded conversations got leaked to the media.ĪSG Bhati apprised the Bench comprising Justices D.Y. The transcript of these tapes comprises about 5800 conversations. Between 2008-2009, the Income Tax Department had tapped Radia's phone. The Radia tapes controversy relates to the leaked telephonic conversations between Radia - a corporate lobbyist, and eminent politicians, journalists, ministers and businessmen.

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