The Supreme Court today granted two more months to the Income Tax Department to transcribe the entire intercepted telephone conversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia. A Bench of Justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya said that the department must place the transcript of entire 5,800 conversations, running into more than hundred hours, on January 8.

Meanwhile, the department informed the court that it has so far transcribed 52.7 hours of conversation and placed the transcript in a sealed envelope.