New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to place before it the report of the probe ordered into the leakage of "classified documents/telephonic intercepts" of corporate lobbyist Nira Radia's conversations with politicians, businessmen and journalists.
A bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhyay asked Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising to place the report before it by January 31, 2012, when it would take up for final hearing Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata's petition seeking a ban on further publication of the tapped conversation.
"The issue is of substantial public importance," the bench said referring to the petition.
The Centre had earlier told the court it was taking the issue of leakage of seriously and on December 27, 2010, the Ministry of Finance had appointed two senior officers to inquire into the leakage.
"The government views the disclosure of such information seriously and in this context, an inquiry has been ordered," the government had stated in an affidavit.
Counsel Mukul Rohtagi, appearing for Tata, urged the apex court to lay down guidelines for the media to observe in reporting such conversations.
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