The government had passed a law giving it powers to perform telephone taps. The petitioner challenged the constitutional validity of this law, as there was a risk that the government would use these powers to perform arbitrary invasions of privacy. The Supreme Court of India agreed, and held that until the government came up with procedural safeguards to protect against arbitrary and capricious searches, the safeguards laid down by the Supreme Court would be followed. In so holding, the Court cited the ICCPR.

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