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Hearing On Tata’s Plea Linked To Radia Tapes Today

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Ratan Tata’s conversations with Niira Radia were among those carried by the media in 2010. He then took the government to court arguing that the release of the tapes amounted to a breach of his right to privacy.

New Delhi: Chairman of the Tata group, Ratan Tata’s petition seeking an investigation into the leak of audio tapes in 2010 involving former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia will come up for hearing in the Supreme Court today after a huge gap of eight years.

Ratan Tata has said the leak infringed on his right to privacy. Mr. Tata filed the petition in 2011. It was last heard by the top court in 2014.

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.

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Her public relations firm, Vaishnavi Corporate Communications, which no longer exists, also counted Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani among its clients when her phones were tapped first in 2008 and then in 2009.

Back in August 2012, Mr. Tata had requested the top Court for a copy of the report submitted by the government explaining how the tapes – the controversy which later came to be known as the “Radia tapes” – were leaked.

Ratan Tata’s conversations with Niira Radia were among those carried by the media in 2010. He then took the government to court arguing that the release of the tapes amounted to a breach of his right to privacy.

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Veer Savarkar Posters At Hubbali Eidgah Maidan Next To Ganesh Idol Removed

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Banner with a picture of Veer Savarkar was put on display outside the main entrance of the Rani Chennamma Maidan Gajanan Utsav Mahamandal event at the Eidgah Maidan.

 

Hubballi: Posters of Veer Savarkar and Bal Gangadhar Tilak put up on stage during Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at the Idgah ground Maidan in Hubbali were removed by the authorities on Wednesday night.

Savarkar’s photograph was also placed next to the idol, and a poster of Savarkar on a banner was placed on the dais. Authorities said the banner sporting the images was removed as it violated the permissible criterion for the event.

However, a banner with a picture of Veer Savarkar was put on display outside the main entrance of the Rani Chennamma Maidan Gajanan Utsav Mahamandal event at the Eidgah Maidan.

Union minister Prahlad Joshi on Wednesday said Savarkar’s photo had been put as a backdrop. “The organisers believe that Savarkar is a great patriot so they have put it. What’s wrong with that,” Joshi said.
He was speaking with mediapersons after attending Maha Arati at the Idgah Maidan Ganesh celebrations. The celebrations were held amid tight security and heavy police presence.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court had allowed Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations to go ahead at the Idgah ground in Hubbali. The order rejecting the petition filed by Anjuman-E-Islam said, the ground is the property of the Hubli-Dharawad Municipal Commission and they can allot the land to whoever they desire so.
This is the first time that the Hindu festival is being celebrated at the controversial ground.
The Idgah ground in Hubballi has been caught up in a controversial dispute for decades until 2010, when the Supreme Court in its judgment held that, the ground is the exclusive property of Hubli-Dharawad Municipal Corporation.

In 1921, the ground was leased to the Islamic organization, Anjuman-E-Islam for 999 years to hold prayers. Post-Independence, many shops were opened on the premises. This was challenged in court and a long litigation process started which halted in 2010 after the Supreme Court judgment. The top court had granted permission for prayers twice a year and not to build any permanent structure on the ground.

 

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