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DoT moots upto 
2 Crore penalty on unlawful phone tapping
Monday, 17 January 2011, 15:13 IST
New Delhi: Amid a debate over phone-tapping and making conversations public without authorization, the Telecom Ministry has proposed a penalty of up to 
2 crore on unlawfully tapping, as against just Rs 500 at present.
In a communique to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the Department of Telecom (DoT) has proposed the imposition of a penalty between 1 lakh and Rs 2 crore for breaches under different sections of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885.
For breach of Section 26 of the Act, which prohibits telegraph officers or other officials from making away with or altering, unlawfully intercepting or disclosing messages, or divulging the purport of signals, the maximum penalty has been proposed.
As per the existing Act, any breach of this section attracts imprisonment, which may extend up to three years, along with a fine of Rs 500.
Source: PTI
2 crore on unlawfully tapping, as against just Rs 500 at present.
In a communique to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the Department of Telecom (DoT) has proposed the imposition of a penalty between 1 lakh and Rs 2 crore for breaches under different sections of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885.
For breach of Section 26 of the Act, which prohibits telegraph officers or other officials from making away with or altering, unlawfully intercepting or disclosing messages, or divulging the purport of signals, the maximum penalty has been proposed.
As per the existing Act, any breach of this section attracts imprisonment, which may extend up to three years, along with a fine of Rs 500.
Source: PTI
