Outlook opposes Tata petition on Radia tapes
Tuesday, 01 February 2011, 06:31 IST
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New Delhi: Tata Chief Ratan Tata's plea for stopping further publication of his conversation with corporate lobbyist Niira Radia has been opposed in the Supreme Court by the newsmagazine 'Outlook' which contended that making them public will expose the "baneful influence" of corporate sector in governance. "All these matters which are disclosed in conversations relates to issue of good governance and baneful influence of the corporate sector on democratic institutions and people have a right to know how corporates are behaving," the magazine said in its response to the notice issued to it. It questioned the maitainability of the petition by Tata in which he had contended that the leakage of tapes amounts to infringement of his fundamental Right to Life, which includes Right to Privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Source: PTI
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