National Commission for Women: Illegal snooping on private citizens violates Indian Telegraph Act. Would like Home Ministry to investigate if Gujarat Govt violated Indian Telegraph Act.

by Guest Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:40 pm

“We have sent notice to the Gujarat home minister, chief secretary and Amit Shah who was home minister in 2009 when the snooping took place to probe under what circumstances orders were passed, if it violated constitutional rights of privacy and whether state machinery was misused for the purpose,” Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar told HT.

Referring to the letter to Shinde, Prabhavalkar said: “Snooping on a private citizen is tantamount to violation of Indian Telegraph Act which ensures the protection of the liberty of citizens. We want the home ministry to investigate whether the provisions of the Act were violated.”

Shinde, meanwhile, told reporters that the home ministry was collecting information on the allegations and “after that we will look into the matter”. But government sources said the Centre had a limited role to play. “At best, the home ministry can seek a report from the state on the allegation or ask them to act on the NCW letter,” a government source said.

The NCW letter to the woman’s father was necessitated by the lack of information in the letter he is believed to have sent to the women’s body. “Several facts are missing from the letter. We have asked the woman’s father to provide us with more particulars related to the case. The matter is serious as the letter was handed over to a security guard at NCW by an anonymous person last night who handed it over to us today,” the NCW member added. The father has seven days to respond.

Earlier in the day, NCW chief Mamta Sharma told reporters in Rajasthan that following the appeal by the woman’s father reported in the media on Wednesday, the NCW would withdraw the notice it sent to the Gujarat government. But Sharma later clarified that following a discussion with her colleagues, the women’s body decided to go ahead with the notice.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gujarat-snooping-women-s-panel-seeks-govt-probe/article1-1153837.aspx

by Guest Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:42 pm

Happy to see that we have a body like NCW which can help in tackling the menace of illegal surveillance of ordinary citizens.

National Commission for Women: Illegal snooping on private citizens violates Indian Telegraph Act. Would like Home Ministry to investigate if Gujarat Govt violated Indian Telegraph Act.

National Commission for Women: Illegal snooping on private citizens violates Indian Telegraph Act. Would like Home Ministry to investigate if Gujarat Govt violated Indian Telegraph Act.

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