High Court assuages enraged nation in 2012

The year 2012 saw the Delhi High Court ordering day-to-day trial of sexual offence cases in the aftermath of the brutal gangrape case besides some judicial interventions for loosening decades-old grip of politicians on sports bodies. Following the widespread protests and calls for speedy justice, the high court came up with the unprecedented order that  [ Read More ]

2G Scam case: IT, CBDT to brief JPC on July 18

Top brass of the Finance Ministry and Income Tax department will brief the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 2G spectrum allocation in 2G scam on July 18.  The officials from the I-T and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will be led by Finance Secretary R S Gujral and are expected to brief the  [ Read More ]

2G scam: High court notice to CBI on Kanimozhi’s plea

The Delhi High Court, Tuesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea by DMK MP Kanimozhi to quash charges against her in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Justice M.L. Mehta asked the CBI to file its response by May 10. DMK MP Kanimozhi March 23 had moved the high court  [ Read More ]

2G scam: Balwa objects to judge’s intervention

Swan telecom promoter and 2G scam accused Shahid Usman Balwa and his lawyer Tuesday objected to the special CBI court judge’s interventions during cross examination of witnesses in the case. Balwa and his lawyer R.N. Mittal said Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge O.P. Saini is humiliating them by giving more importance to the  [ Read More ]

2G: Raja examines ex-telecom regulator

Jailed former communications minister A. Raja, an accused in the 2G case, Wednesday cross-examined prosecution witness and former Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman Nripendra Mishra in a special court here. Mishra told Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge O.P. Saini that there were differences of understanding between the regulator and the Department of  [ Read More ]

Swamy moves Supreme Court to make Chidambaram an accused

Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Special CBI court’s verdict rejecting his plea to make Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram an accused in the 2G scam. Swamy contended that as complainant, all that was required at this initial stage of the proceedings was to make a prima facie case  [ Read More ]

2G: High court dismisses honchos’ plea

The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed the plea of corporate honchos Asif Balwa and Rajiv B. Aggarwal, accused of involvement in the 2G scam, that the CBI officer investigating the case be barred from attending their trial. Dismissing the petition, Justice M.L. Mehta said: “I fail to appreciate as to how any witness would be  [ Read More ]

CBI to submit 2G probe reports to CVC: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Thursday directed the CBI and other agencies probing the various facets of the 2G scam to make available their reports to the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) who would examine and send them to court with observations. “In future, copies of the report(s) of the investigation conducted by the CBI (Central Bureau of  [ Read More ]

2G Scam: Ravi Ruia, three others issued fresh summons

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here issued fresh summons for Feb 22 appearance to promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom, accused in the 2G spectrum scam case, after they failed to appear before the court Friday. The summons were issued to corporate honchos Ravi Ruia, Anshuman Ruia, I.P. Khaitan and Kiran  [ Read More ]

2G: Cross examination of Raja’s ex-aide concludes

Aseervartham Achary, ex-aide of jailed former communications minister A. Raja, has denied that he was tutored by the CBI before appearing as a witness in a special court here. His cross-examination by the defence concluded Thursday. He said that it was wrong to suggest that he remembered only those facts fed to him by the  [ Read More ]