Radia tapes are in great demand: SC
The CBI and Enforcement Directorate have complained to the Supreme Court that the Income Tax department was yet to hand over the entire transcript of telephone intercepts of Radia.
By TNN | Updated:
NEW DELHI: The CBI and Enforcement Directorate have complained to the Supreme Court that the Income Tax department was yet to hand over the entire transcript of telephone intercepts of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia even at this advanced stage of probe into the 2G scam.
Appearing for CBI, senior advocate K K Venugopal said the agency has till date received only a part of the transcripts pertaining to over 5,000 intercepts of telephone conversations of Radia with others and requested the court to direct the I-T department to hand them over as soon as possible.
A bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said it would hear the I-T department on this issue on May 3 but Venugopal immediately added ED’s request for transcripts of the Radia tapes. “The transcripts are in great demand,” the bench said and asked Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy whether he had anything to tell the court.
Swamy informed the court that the whistleblower telecom official, who was key to CBI unearthing the scam, had been provided security by the government on its own. However , he requested the court to order the government to keep the security intact when he visited Tamil Nadu, at least as long as the present dispensation was in power. The Bench refused to comment on this.
Appearing for CBI, senior advocate K K Venugopal said the agency has till date received only a part of the transcripts pertaining to over 5,000 intercepts of telephone conversations of Radia with others and requested the court to direct the I-T department to hand them over as soon as possible.
A bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said it would hear the I-T department on this issue on May 3 but Venugopal immediately added ED’s request for transcripts of the Radia tapes. “The transcripts are in great demand,” the bench said and asked Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy whether he had anything to tell the court.
Swamy informed the court that the whistleblower telecom official, who was key to CBI unearthing the scam, had been provided security by the government on its own. However , he requested the court to order the government to keep the security intact when he visited Tamil Nadu, at least as long as the present dispensation was in power. The Bench refused to comment on this.
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