Posts Tagged ‘2G scam’
2G scam: Heated debate at parliamentary panel meet
A meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC, which is examining the 2G scam, today saw heated exchanges as BJP members demanded summoning of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and top PMO officials The Congress countered it with their own list of witnesses that included all NDA Telecom Ministers There was a full blown political battle between [...]
2G: CBI court charges Essar, Loop promoters
Essar promoters Ravi and Anshuman Ruia, and Loop Telecom's Kiran Khaitan and IP Khaitan have been charged with conspiracy while Essar's Director for Strategy and Planning Vikash Saraf has been charged with cheating and conspiracy in the 2G spectrum allocation scam2, three companies, Loop Telecom Pvt Ltd, Loop Mobile India Ltd and Essar [...]
A Raja out of jail and back in Parliament
A Raja, was in Parliament today, less than 24 hours after he left jail1 Bail to former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura by the Supreme Court last week formed the basis for his bail application The DMK leader had not sought bail until last week
2G scam: A Raja gets bail, likely to leave Tihar Jail today
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to former telecom minister A Raja who has been in judicial custody since his arrest on February 2 last year for his alleged involvement in the 2G scam4-page bail order, also said that Raja would not try to influence any witnesses while on bail accused 1 reserved his order on Raja's bail plea for today after [...]
2G case: A.Raja’s bail order reserved till May 15
A court hearing A1 for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam Mr Raja's lawyer had moved an application for bail on May 9 He argued that because evidence in the case rests in documents that have already been submitted to the court, there is no risk of Mr Raja being able to tamper with it if he is allowed to leave prison In the court today, he [...]
2G: Supreme Court refuses to grant Centre 400 days for licence auction
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended time till August 31 for the auction and grant of fresh licences in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation case22 licenses issued by former Telecom Minister A Raja in 2008 The court had said using a first-come-first-serve policy to allocate national resources like airwaves is "fundamentally flawed", [...]
JPC wants copy of Presidential Reference on 2G
The Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC examining the 2G scam has sought a copy of the Presidential Reference made by the Centre before the Supreme Court on its February 2 decision on allocation of second generation radiowaves "Three days back we have written to the government seeking a certified copy of the Reference," JPC Chairman PC Chacko [...]
Centre files Presidential reference in Supreme Court on 2G order
The Centre has filed presidential reference in Supreme Court seeking its opinion on various issues arising from 2G judgement including whether all natural resources need to be mandatorily auctioned2-page reference signed by President Pratibha Patil raises 8 questions including one on the fate of those entities who have acquired 3G licences but [...]
2G order: Presidential reference to SC approved
The cabinet agreed to issue a Presidential reference to the SC on the apex court's order cancelling 122 licences22 telecom licenses issued in 2008 by then Telecom Minister A Raja The judges said that Mr Raja had manipulated the rules to show undue favours to companies that he allegedly conspired with - he is in jail for selling licenses at [...]
2G scam: Kanimozhi moves Delhi HC to quash charges against her
DMK MP Kanimozhi has asked the Delhi High Court to drop the charges against her in the 2G spectrum case as there are no evidences to prove that she conspired with the others being tried for the swindle4-crore bribe that was a part of 2G scam Her party MP A Raja has been in Tihar for allegedly planning and executing the 2G scam when he was Telecom [...]
2G: SC notice to Centre, telecom firms on spectrum allocation
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and seven telecom firms including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone on a plea for cancellation of 2G spectrum beyond 2x45 MHz for metros and 2x44 MHz for other circles, allocated to the firms without additional fees A bench of Justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhyay granted them four weeks times [...]
2G Case: Swamy moves SC challenging court order on Chidambaram
Subramanian Swamy filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi Court's order to dismiss his plea to make Union Home Minister P Chidambaram as a co-accused in the 2G case Swamy has alleged that Chidambaram was equally culpable like former Telecom Minister A Raja as he also had a role in deciding the spectrum pricing and allowing [...]
2G: Court exempts Ruias, Khaitans from appearance
Promoters of Essar Group Anshuman and Ravi Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters IP Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan were today granted exemption from personal appearance by a Delhi court, which had summoned them as accused in the 2G case and the outcome would decide the forum and the course of trial against us, Rohatgi said [subscribe2]
Radia tapes: Centre to reply on Ratan Tata’s plea
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the government on whether it could share the probe report on leakage of controversial Niira Radia tapes with Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata A bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhyay asked the Centre to file its response on Tata's plea, seeking a copy of the report on the probe, which [...]
PM meets minsters to discuss 2G verdict, no decision yet
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday met union ministers Pranab Mukherjee, Kapil Sibal and Salman Khurshid to discuss the fallout of the apex court verdict cancelling 123 2G licences granted by former communications minister A Raja in 2007 and 2008 Addressing the media, Sibal said that no decisions were taken in the meeting The telecom [...]
SC’s 2G verdict: Manmohan to meet key ministers
The Prime Minister will meet with senior ministers tomorrow to review the rules that will apply for an auction of 2G spectrum22 licenses for mobile networks issued in 2008 were cancelled by the Supreme Court earlier this month because spectrum or air-waves had not been auctioned600 crores714% and the Shyam Group of India has another 2398% The [...]
Money laundering case against Marans registered
The Enforcement Directorate ED registered two money laundering cases against former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi on Wednesday in the multi-crore 2G licence scam The case, registered on Tuesday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA, pertains to an alleged illegal gratification of about Rs 550 crore [...]
CBI intensifies its probe in 2G allocation during NDA government
The CBI has intensified its probe in 2G spectrum allocation during the NDA regime when late Pramod Mahajan was the telecom minister and asked the Department of Telecom and 2007-07-0320-B to 2003 and also allocated extra spectrum on subscriber-based criteria-20072002 to allocate additional spectrum beyond 62 MHz in violation of the report of a [...]
Norwegian IT Minister meets Sibal, raises concern over Uninor
Initiating dialogue at diplomatic level post cancellation of Uninor’s 2G licences, Norway’s IT Minister Rigmor Aasrud on Tuesday met Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal4,000 crore investment in Indian telecom firm Uninor "We had good, fruitful and constructive meeting with telecom minister We took up Telenor's case along with other issues," Asrud [...]
Relief for Chidambaram, 2G court rejects Subramanian Swamy’s plea
In a massive relief for Home Minsiter P Chidambaram and UPA govt, a Delhi trial court on Saturday dismissed Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy to make him a co-accused in the 2G spectrum case this afternoon to a packed court-room7 after Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, who has made the plea for making Chidambaram a co-accused, concluded his [...]
