During arguments, Hardik's lawyer B M Mangukiya asked the government to share all orders given by Home Department permitting city Crime Branch to intercept calls of many Patel quota agitation leaders between August and October.
Mangukiya alleged that phone tapping was done without any prior permission from authorities such as Additional Chief Secretary (Home). He termed the act as a 'breach of privacy' of citizens.
After hearing the arguments, Justice J B Pardiwala ruled that government is not required to share these orders. He further asked the government to file a brief affidavit in this regard and posted further hearing for December 16.
In October, Hardik moved the high court challenging the interception of his and his associates' phone calls by the police and sought an independent inquiry into it.
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"The petitioner challenges the legality... Of unlawfully tapping telephones not only of the petitioner but of several thousands persons of the Patidar community... Which they (police) have admitted in the FIR against the petitioner," said his plea.
Crime Branch had on October 21 registered an FIR against Hardik and his aides Chirag Patel, Ketan Patel, Dinesh Bambhaniya, Alpesh Kathiria and Amrish Patel on charges of sedition and waging war against the government.
In a recent judgement, the high court struck down the charges of 'waging war against government' from the FIR.
The 22-year-old firebrand leader is facing another sedition charge in Surat for allegedly advising a fellow activist "to kill policemen rather than committing suicide".