NGO to move SC for making all of Radia tapes public-TNN, Dec 14, 2010,

NGO to move SC for making all of Radia tapes public

TNN, Dec 14, 2010, 05.02am IST

NEW DELHI: Having successfully pleaded for preservation of the entire Radia tapes, NGO 'Centre for Public Interest Litigation' (CPIL) plans to move the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking to counter industrialist Ratan Tata, who has pleaded that intercepted conversations be used only for probe into the 2G spectrum scam.

Tata had also sought deletion of those conversations which were in the private domain so as to protect his right to privacy. CPIL, through counsel Prashant Bhushan, said it was filing the petition "to seek the active intervention of SC to lift forever the officially protected cloak of secrecy that conceals from public gaze, any revelation of the backdoor manipulation of government and active subversion of government decisions and policy for private commercial interest".

During the hearing on CPIL's plea for court-monitored CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam, the SC had got all Radia tapes in sealed cover from the government. CPIL said it wanted "protection of citizens' right to know information that reveals how public affairs are run and other such matters of public interest".

The petitioner said the chance publication of Radia tapes showed "subversion of government decisions, policy, even discussions and law making in Parliament, the reportage of stories in media and even Cabinet formation by powerful corporates in their commercial interest being successfully achieved by paid lobbyists/brokers/fixers".