Phone Tapping

A Delhi court will hear on December 7 the bail applications of former NSE chief Chitra Ramakrishna and ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey in a corruption case related to alleged illegal phone tapping and snooping on stock exchange employees. Special Judge Sunena Sharma adjourned the matter after the counsel appearing for the two accused prayed for adjournment on the ground that their petition challenging the rejection of their bail application in a connected money laundering case, being probed by the ED, is pending before the Delhi High Court which has reserved its orders. In view of request, let the bail applications of the accused be listed for arguments on December 7, the judge said in an order passed on November 30. Both the accused are currently in the judicial custody. The judge also directed the Tihar jail superintendent to produce Pandey before the court physically on the next date of hearing, as the accused himself will argue his bail application. According to th

Narain, arrested a few days before the chargesheet was filed, had allegedly conspired with iSec in the tapping case from the beginning

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent former MD and CEO of National Stock Exchange Ravi Narain to two days' custodial interrogation by Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case related to alleged illegal phone tapping and snooping on stock exchange employees. Special Judge Sunena Sharma allowed ED's plea seeking Narain's custody till September 9 after the accused was produced before him by the probe agency. ED's Special Public Prosecutor N K Matta told the court that Narain was required to be confronted with other accused persons and evidence in the matter to unearth the larger conspiracy in the matter. The ED on Tuesday arrested him in the case. Narain was the MD and CEO of NSE from April 1994 to March 31, 2013. Thereafter, he was appointed as the vice-chairman in a non-executive category on the company's board from April 1, 2013, to June 1, 2017. The ED had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in July against former Mumbai Police commissioner Sanjay Pandey

ED may register fresh money laundering case in the illegal phone tapping matter

Devendra Fadnavis, whose statement was recorded by Mumbai police in a case of alleged illegal phone tapping ,claimed kind of questions asked to him were as if to make him a co-accused

A team of the BKC cyber police in Mumbai recorded senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis's statement for almost for two hours in connection with alleged illegal tapping of phones, an official said.

Talking to reporters, Fadnavis said he has received the notice and he would visit the police station at 11 am on Sunday as being asked

The government will fully cooperate with the committee set up by the Supreme Court to probe allegations of snooping using Pegasus software, IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said

Kerala CMO dismissed reports that a draft bill, allowing police to spy without waiting for the permission of the competent authority, is under the consideration of the government

Shouting out slogans agai­nst Modi's govt, the Opp­osition members said they wanted an independent probe into the complaints of spying and the resignation of HM Amit Shah

The Maharashtra government has appointed a high-level committee headed by state DGP Sanjay Pandey to probe the phone-tapping allegations levelled by state Congress chief Nana Patole

The Delhi Police's Crime Branch has sent a notice to Congress chief whip in the Rajasthan Assembly Mahesh Joshi asking him to appear before it on June 24 for questioning in the phone tapping case

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the phone tapping allegations.The BJP came down heavily on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot government after his government replied to a question in the state Assembly that it taps phones in the interest of public safety and orderThe reactions came after the state government replied to a question asked by BJP MLA Kalicharan in the state Assembly last year, Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia said.BJP MLA had asked, "Is it true that phone tapping cases have come up in the last days? If yes, under which law and by whose orders?""The questions (over the phone-tapping issue) were raised in August last year & the response has come now. It is a serious matter. Chief Minister must take responsibility and resign on moral grounds. CBI should investigate this issue now," Poonia added.Though the reply did not say it tapped phones of Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and supporters of ...

The latest request was made after it was found that sensitive information pertaining to some of the marquee companies was being leaked by some or the other source

Rajasthan Congress continues to remain in turmoil after simmering differences between Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot came out in the open

Phone-tapping is not the culture of Maharashtra, says former chief minister after Maharashtra home minister's statement.

The Karnataka government had announced a CBI probe after disqualified JD(S) MLA A H Vishwanath accused the H D Kumaraswamy dispensation of tapping phones

Citing this 'widespread fear' the Delhi CM had said it might lead to the judiciary being influence

Group suspects taped conversations must have been spliced, altered, doctored and manipulated to serve interests of those engaged in tapping operations