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
Government decides to withdraw 2G review plea
The Centre has decided to withdraw its petition before the Supreme Court (SC) seeking review of the “conclusions of law” drawn by it while cancelling 2G spectrum licences on February 2.
In a letter circulated among lawyers involved with the case, the advocate on record (AOR) for the Centre said the government had decided to withdraw its petition as the court had not agreed to have a holistic relook but to look into only some of the concerns raised by it.
“By an order dated 13-4-2012, the Hon’ble Supreme Court was pleased to issue notice limited to the grounds raised in Grounds B to F in the petition. In view of the fact only limited notice has been issued, the petitioners do not want to press the Review Petition and will be praying for withdrawal of the Review Petition,” AOR D. S. Mahra said in a letter issued on Tuesday.… Continue reading
2G scam: Sistema Shyam files curative petition in SC
New Delhi: Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL) on Friday filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking re-examination of its verdict cancelling its liceneces for the 2G spectrum allocated during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A Raja.
The company, which is a joint venture of Russia’s telecom giant Sistema and India’s Shyam Telelink, has moved the apex court after its petiton seeking review of the February 2 verdict quashing 122 2G licences was dismissed by a bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan.
The JV firm, promoting its business under the brand ‘MTS’, is seeking re-look of the decision by which its 21 licences for the 2G spectrum was cancelled. Curative petition is filed after the dismissal of review petition and is decided in the chambers of judges.
While dismissing the review petitions of SSTL and six other telecom… Continue reading
Sistema Shyam files curative petition in 2G case
While dismissing the review petitions of SSTL and six other telecom companies, the apex court had… Continue reading
2G: Supreme Court issues notice on review petition
IANS
New Delhi, April 13: The Supreme Court Friday issued notice on the government’s plea seeking a review of its verdict cancelling 122 2G licenses and holding that an auction was the only route for disposing of natural resources.
The apex court, by its Feb 2 verdict, had also held that the policy of allocating 2G licenses on a first-come-first-served basis was flawed.
An apex court bench of Justice G. S. Singhvi and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan issued notice when it took up government petition seeking review of the 2G verdict in the open court.
When Additional Solicitor General Indra Jaisingh wanted to know the scope of applicabilty of 2G verdict, the court said that these were just apprehensions.
2G: SC refuses to grant 400 days to Centre for licence auction
The Supreme Court today refused to grant 400 days to the government to complete the process of fresh auctioning of the 2G spectrum licences but extended the deadline for it from June 2 to August 31
A bench of justices G S Singvhi and K S Radhakrishnan also said the existing licences for 2G spectrum will continue to be operational till September 7, 2012.
“In our view, it will be just and proper to partially accept the averments made in the application (by the Centre).
“Accordingly, the time specified for conducting the auction and grant of licences is extended upto August 31, 2012,” said the bench.
The bench also said its February 2 order cancelling 122 licences, allocated during the tenure of A Raja, will remain operational.
The bench made it clear that it was not going… Continue reading
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