Radia Tapes: Supreme Court Hearing On Ratan Tata's Plea After 8 Years

Ratan Tata has said the leak of the tapes, involving his conversations, infringed on his right to privacy.

Industrialist Ratan Tata's request for an investigation into the leak of audio tapes in 2010 involving former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia will be heard today in the Supreme Court, after a gap of eight years.

The petition was filed in 2011 and was last heard by the Supreme Court in 2014.

Ratan Tata has said the leak of the tapes, involving his conversations, infringed on his right to privacy.

Niira Radia's phone conversations with industrialists, journalists, government officers and other people holding key posts were tapped as part of a tax investigation over a decade ago. Her public relations firm, Vaishnavi Corporate Communications, which no longer exists, also counted industrialist Mukesh Ambani among its clients when her phones were tapped first in 2008 and then in 2009.