Phone tapping and making that public without authorization, Telecom Ministry of India has proposed a penalty of up to 2 crore Rs. on illigal tapping from 500 Rs. Department of Telecom has proposed the penalty between 1 lakh to 2 crore Rs. for breaches under different sections of the Indian Telegraph Act. The move assumes significance under case of the Niira Radia tapes and their leakage to the media.
A penalty of up to Rs. 50 crore can be imposed on telecom service providers for breach of any licensee terms and conditions.
Under breach of Section 26 of the Act, which prohibits telegraph officers from making away with or altering, intercepting, disclosing messages, the maximum penalty has been proposed, currently any breach of this section attracts imprisonment up to three years along with a fine of Rs. 500.
Department of Telecom also highlights that under the Telegraph Act, there is a provision to destroy the copies of communication intercepted by the government in case the review committee finds that the interception is not in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Telegraph Act and Rules.
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