Supreme Court stays proceedings in all 2G cases in the Delhi High Court

The Supreme Court expressed its displeasure that the Delhi High Court  was hearing the matters relating to the 2G spectrum scam despite its order restraining courts below the apex BSE 0.00% court from adjudicating issues arising out of the case. According to  justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan, ”Despite injunction the Delhi High Court has entertained  [ Read More ]

SC to resume hearing of 2G related matters Sep 27

The Supreme Court said Thursday that after a “long hiatus” it would resume the hearing of 2G related matters from Sep 27 and continue proceedings on the subsequent Thursday in the next week. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan said that after a “long hiatus” they will commence the  [ Read More ]

2G case: Sanjay Chandra questions key witness

Unitech Ltd Managing Director (MD) Sanjay Chandra, an accused in the 2G spectrum case, today cross-examined a former top telecom official in a Delhi court saying he was the “brain” behind the decisions on the allocation of radio waves. However, A K Srivastava, a former Deputy Director General (AS) of Department of Telecom (DoT), refuted  [ Read More ]

No use of i-pad in court

The judge hearing the 2G spectrum case on Friday expressed displeasure over use of an i-pad to record the proceedings yesterday and warned against such a practice in future.  After the day’s proceedings were over with the recording of testimony of a prosecution witness, Special CBI Judge O P Saini drew the attention of the  [ Read More ]

HC notice to CBI on Raja’s plea against charge order

The Delhi High Court today sought CBI’s stand on former Telecommunication Minister A Raja’s plea challenging the trial court’s order on framing of charges against him in the 2G spectrum allocation case.  Justice A K Pathak issued notice to the CBI and sought its reply by September 6, the date slated for hearing of similar  [ Read More ]

2G: Lawyers warned about irrelevant questions

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Wednesday warned defence counsel to not waste court time by asking irrelevant questions to witnesses during the trial of the 2G spectrum case. “If such questions are persisted any further and are ruled to be irrelevant, they shall be subject to heavy cost as this is  [ Read More ]

Defects in Shyam Telelink’s application: Unitech MD

Unitech Ltd. MD Sanjay Chandra, facing trial in the 2G spectrum case, on Monday told a Delhi court that applications for grant of 2G licences filed by rival Shyam Telelink Ltd, which has entered into a joint venture with Russia’s Sistema, were required to be “summarily rejected” as there were defects in it. Mr. Chandra  [ Read More ]

2G: Delhi High Court notice to CBI on Chandra’s plea

The Delhi High Court Monday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea of Unitech managing director Sanjay Chandra for quashing charges framed against him by the federal investigative agency in the 2G spectrum case. Justice M.L. Mehta asked the CBI to file its response by March 13. Chandra approached  [ Read More ]

Court allows Swamy to depose in 2G case

Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy was Thursday permitted by a special CBI court here to again depose before it as a witness to prove Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s alleged complicity in the 2G spectrum case. While allowing Swamy’s plea to be recalled as a witness, CBI special Judge O.P. Saini observed: “In view of the  [ Read More ]

2G case: Raja wants separate trial for breach of trust

Jailed former communications minister A. Raja, the prime accused in the 2G spectrum case, contended Thursday in a special court here that the CBI’s fresh plea to slap an additional charge of criminal breach of trust against him should be dealt with separately, to enable him to seek bail in the case.   He made  [ Read More ]