Bhardwaj for law to check phone tapping

New Delhi: Union Law Minister HR Bhardwaj on Tuesday said India needs a new law to put a check on phone tapping.

"It would be a good idea to review the existing laws to increase safeguards against phone tapping," the Law Minister told CNN-IBN in an exclusive interview.

He said: "It was time to review the existing safeguards against phone-tapping in the law and the constitution."

He also said that there is a need for 'more stringent controls over the telecom companies'.

"It is better to regulate both the operation of the telecom companies and do corrections," he said.