DH – 2G: Kanimozhi allowed to visit Tamil Nadu on dad’s birthday
New Delhi, May 31, 2012, (PTI) :
DMK MP Kanimozhi, facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, has been allowed by a Delhi court to visit Tamil Nadu on June 3 to celebrate the birthday of her father and party patriarch M Karunanidhi.
Special CBI Judge O P Saini also allowed Kanimozhi’s plea for exemption from personal appearance from the court.
Kanimozhi was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on November 28, nearly six months after she was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on May 20, 2011.
The CBI had arrested her for allegedly receiving Rs 200 crore bribe through the DMK-run Kalaignar TV from Shahid Balwa’s DB Group.
Kanimozhi is facing trial in the case along with 13 persons and three companies.
2G scam: Chronology of the events
New Delhi: Following is the chronology of the events in the 2G spectrum allocation scam in which the prime accused and former Telecom Minister A Raja was on Tuesday granted bail:
May 2007: A Raja takes over as telecom minister.
August 2007: Process of allotment of 2G spectrum for telecom along with Universal Access Service (UAS) Licences initiated by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
September 25, 2007: Telecom ministry issues press note fixing October 1, 2007 as deadline for receiving application for UASL licences.
October 1, 2007: DoT receives 575 applications for UAS licences of 46 companies.
November 2, 2007: The Prime Minister writes to Raja directing him to ensure fair allotment of the 2G spectrum.
November 22, 2007: Finance Ministry writes to DoT raising concerns over the procedure adopted by it. Demand for review rejected.
January 10, 2008: DoT decides to issue licences on first-come-first-served basis, preponing the… Continue reading
CBI opposes Raja’s bail plea in 2G case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday opposed in a Delhi court the bail plea of former telecom minister A Raja, arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case on February 2 last year, saying there is a new allegation that he got Rs. 200 crores as bribe and it is being probed.
“I am strongly opposing the bail plea. This accused (Raja) and other public servants are also involved in other tranche of Rs. 200 crore which they have received as bribe and this was not known earlier and has come up during the investigation,” CBI prosecutor AK Singh told special CBI judge OP Saini.
The court reserved its order on Raja’s bail plea for May 15 after hearing the arguments from Raja’s counsel and that of the CBI.
“Arguments on the bail plea heard. Put up for orders on May 15,” the judge said.… Continue reading
2G case: CBI opposes Raja’s bail plea
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Friday opposed in a Delhi court the bail plea of former Telecom Minister A Raja, arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case on February 2 last year, saying there is a new allegation that he got Rs 200 crores as bribe and it is being probed.
CBI prosecutor A K Singh opposed Raja’s bail plea saying there is a new allegation that he has received Rs 200 crores as bribe and this is being investigated.
“I am strongly opposing the bail plea. This accused (Raja) and other public servants are also involved in other tranche of Rs 200 crore which they have received as bribe and this was not known earlier and has come up during the investigation,” Singh told Special CBI Judge O P Saini.
The court reserved its order on Raja’s bail plea for May 15 after hearing the… Continue reading
2G scam: CBI opposes Raja bail, cites fresh bribe allegation
The CBI has opposed in a Delhi court the bail plea of former Telecom Minister A Raja, arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case on February 2 last year.
CBI prosecutor A K Singh opposed Raja’s bail plea saying there was a new allegation that he had received Rs 200 crore as bribe and this was being investigated.
“I am strongly opposing the bail plea. This accused (Raja) and other public servants are also involved in another tranche of Rs 200 crore which they have received as bribe and this was not known earlier and has come up during the investigation,” Singh told Special CBI Judge O P Saini.
The court reserved its order on Raja’s bail plea for May 15 after hearing the arguments from Raja’s counsel and that of the CBI.
“Arguments on the bail plea heard. Put up for orders on May 15,”… Continue reading
2G scam: No bail for Raja, order on May 15
The CBI on Friday opposed in a Delhi court the bail plea of former Telecom Minister A. Raja, arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case on February 2 last year, saying there is a new allegation that he got Rs200 crores as bribe and it is being probed.
CBI prosecutor A. K. Singh opposed Raja’s bail plea saying there is a new allegation that he has received Rs200 crores as bribe and this is being investigated.
“I am strongly opposing the bail plea. This accused (Raja) and other public servants are also involved in other tranche of Rs200 crore which they have received as bribe and this was not known earlier and has come up during the investigation,” Singh told Special CBI Judge O. P. Saini.
The court reserved its order on Raja’s bail plea for May 15 after hearing the arguments from Raja’s counsel and… Continue reading
2G scam | Raja moves Delhi court for bail; CBI to respond on Thursday
New Delhi: More than a year after his arrest, former telecom minister A. Raja on Wednesday applied for bail in the lower court that is hearing the case of alleged irregularities in the allocation of second generation, or 2G, spectrum and licences.
Seeking relief: Former telecom minister A. Raja. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint
His application came on the day the Supreme Court granted bail to former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, leaving Raja the only accused still in jail.
Raja has applied for bail on grounds that the case against him is “false and fabricated”. He has sought parity with his co-accused, who are all out on bail. The lower court gave the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) until 11 May to respond to the bail application.
Raja was arrested on 2 February 2011 for his role in overseeing the allotment of telecom licences and spectrum in 2008. The… Continue reading
Siddharth Behura finally gets bail, Raja moves bail plea
| After spending more than a year in the jail in 2G spectrum allocation case, the former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura was finally granted bail by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Minutes after Behura got bail, the former telecom minister and the prime accused in 2G case A Raja also moved a bail application in a Delhi court.
He was charged with conspiracy, cheating, criminal misconduct and abusing an official position in the allocation of 2G spectrum licences which were believed to be rigged.
With this only former A Raja is now languishing in the jail. All other accused including the Raja’s private secretary PK Chandolia and corporate honchos have already been granted bail.
The top court said Behura, who oversaw allocation of the licenses and bandwidth in 2008 as the senior most bureaucrat in the telecom department should provide two sureties of Rs 500,000 each for… Continue reading |
2G case: SC grants bail to Behura, upholds bail to Chandolia
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave bail to former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, arrested last year on February 2 for his alleged role in the second generation(2G) spectrum scandal, and also upheld the bail granted to former Telecom Minister A Raja’s ex-Private Secretary RK Chandolia by the trial court.
A bench of justices GS Singhvi and KS Radhakrishnan upheld the trial court’s order for bail to Chandolia, setting aside a Delhi High Court order, which had stayed grant of bail to him by the trial court suo motu.
The apex court bench had earlier stayed temporarily the high court’s order, which had put on hold the trial court’s order granting bail to Chandolia.
The bench granted bail to Behura stipulating that he would furnish a personal bond of Rs10 lakh and surety of Rs5 lakh.
With the imminent release of Behura after grant of bail to him, former Telecom Minister… Continue reading
Delhi High Court issues notice to CBI on 2G accused’s plea
New Delhi, May 7 — The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the plea of DMK Member of Parliament (MP) Kanimozhi’s close aide and Kalaignar TV managing director Sharath Kumar, seeking quashing of charges framed against him in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
Sharath Kumar moved the high court against the order of the special CBI judge that framed charges against him in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
The CBI had accused Sharath Kumar of taking bribe of Rs.200 crore as “reward for undue favours” shown by former telecom minister A. Raja in the 2G licence allocation to Swan Telecom in connivance of other public servants.
The CBI had also alleged that Sharath Kumar used to look into the day-to-day affairs of Kalaignar TV in which 60 percent stake was held by former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal,… Continue reading
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