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SC orders inquiry into Tata-Radia tapes

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NEW DELHI, INDIA: The Union government today told the Supreme Court that it was taking seriously the issue of leakage of conversation between Tata chief Ratan Tata and corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and that an inquiry has been ordered into it.

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"The government views the disclosure of such information seriously and in this context, an inquiry has been ordered," an affidavit filed by the government said.

The two-page affidavit filed by Additional Director of Income Tax (Investigations) also denied the allegation of Tata that it had adopted a lackadaisical attitude on a petition filed by Tata.

In December last year Ratan Tata has pleaded for the protection of his privacy and unauthorised publication of transcripts of the telephone intercepts. The transcripts are a part of evidence in the 2G spectrum scam that had cost the state exchequer thousands of crores of rupees.

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