Tata moves SC, seeks ban on Radia tapes

Tata group chief Ratan Tata today moved the Supreme Court seeking privacy of his recorded conversation with corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others.

Tata today filed a petition before the apex court in this regard and requested the court to direct the government to stop leakage of his recorded conversation further.

Tata has invoked Article 32 of the Constitution, claiming that his Right to Life, which includes right to privacy, has been breached by the leakage of these tapes.

Tata in his petition submitted that the conversations were recorded by the government and "we have no quarrel with the government".

He further contended that the government owned the responsibility to maintain secrecy of a citizen, therefore privacy must be maintained.

After the 2G spectrum allocation surfaced, some magazines had published taped conversations Niira had with politicians, journalists and industrialists.

The petition, where Union of India is sought to be made a respondent, seeks that responsibilities be fixed on who leaked the tapes -- recorded by the Income Tax authorities in 2008 and 2009 -- that were meant for investigation.