May 11, 2011 12:07 PM

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SC gag on Amar Singh tapes lifted

The Supreme Court today lifted its gag order on the media restraining it from broadcasting and publishing contents of the taped conversations of former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh with top politicians and Bollywood stars. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly dismissed Singh's petition and vacated its interim order passed on February 27, 2006 restraining the media from making contents of the conversation public. The bench also said that there has been suppression of facts by the politician before the court in the case. The apex court bench, however, said the politician may file a case against Reliance Infocomm for illegally tapping his phone. The court , said that no case is made out against the Centre and its authorities as they were not involved in tapping Singh's telephone. Singh, who was the Samajwadi Party general secretary at the time when his telephones were tapped, had earlier accused the Congress through its President and private telecom operator Reliance Infocomm, of being behind the tapping but had later withdrawn his allegations against the Congress.

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