The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Ratan Tata to approach the Centre for disclosure of certain contents of the confidential report on the Niira Radia tapes placed before it. The tapes contain conversations of politicians, bureaucrats and media personnel.
A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukho-padhyaya, which allowed the submission of Tata’s counsel Mukul Rohtagi, asked the Centre to pass an appropriate order on whether it could disclose the contents or was seeking immunity from disclosure of the information.
The court said it would later examine the alleged role of a few private operators in the controversy. It also directed the court staff to re-seal the confidential report placed before it on January 31 by the government.