"No Criminality Found" In Niira Radia Tapes, CBI Tells Supreme Court, Cites 14 Probes
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CBI response on plea by Ratan Tata, who wants investigation into how the phone conversations, recorded by government in 2008-09, leaked
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today told the Supreme Court that "no case was made out" even after 14 probes into the taped conversations of public relations professional Niira Radia with politicians, industrialists and government officials, among others.
The CBI report was submitted in response to a petition by industrialist Ratan Tata, who wants a probe into how the phone conversations — originally intercepted by the government in 2008-09 upon suspicion of tax evasion — leaked at all. Protesting the violation of his privacy, he filed the petition in 2011. It was last heard in 2014 before being listed this year.
But NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), which sees a bigger issue in Niira Radia's lobbying business, has demanded that all the recordings be made public and be investigated.
When Mr Tata's petition came up today, lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan of the CPIL was arguing another matter, so the case was passed over.
