NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to place before it the copy of the complaint in a sealed cover on which basis it started tapping corporate lobbyist Nira Radia’s telephonic conversations with politicians, corporate leaders, media personalities and others.
A two judge bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly gave the direction to the Attorney General while hearing a petition filed by Tata group chief Ratan Tata seeking stopping further publication of the leaked conversation between him and Radia.
In an affidavit filed last week, the government had told the apex court that it had begun tapping Radia’s telephone on a complaint that she had built a business empire of Rs. 300 crore in a short span of nine years.
The complaint also alleged that she was indulging in anti-national activities and was acting as spy of foreign intelligence agencies.
The bench allowed Tata to file a further affidavit and response to the government affidavit on his petition by the first week of January 2011.
CJI asks courts to put corruption cases on fast track
NEW DELHI: The Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia has asked the Supreme Court, all High Courts and districts courts in the country to hear all corruption related cases on priority basis.
In letters to Chief Justices of High Courts and districts courts, the CJI has directed them to ensure that all cases registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 be fast tracked and taken up for hearing on priority basis.
Disclosing this the Secretary General of the Supreme Court A I S Cheema said that similar directive has been issued to the Supreme Court registry to process the list of corruption cases to be put high on board.