Will file complaint on Aircel-Marxis deal, Swamy tells court

Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Saturday told a special court hearing the 2G spectrum allocation case that he wanted to file an additional private complaint on the Aircel-Maxis deal, in which Home Minister P. Chidambaram is alleged to have a role. Swamy sought time from special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge O.P. Saini for  [ Read More ]

2G case : Supreme Court reserves order on Chidambaram

The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its order on whether to issue notice to union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on a plea of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy seeking to make him a co-accused along with former telecom minister A. Raja in the 2G pricing case. A bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan  [ Read More ]

Drama in court: Man held for ‘threat’ to Raja’s ex-aide

A man sitting in a Delhi court hearing the 2G scam case was Thursday ordered to be taken into custody after former telecom minister A. Raja’s ex-aide Aseevatham Achary accused him of threatening him. Testifying as a witness before special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge O.P. Saini, Achary told the court that he had  [ Read More ]

2G trial shifted to Tihar Jail

A special CBI court hearing the 2G case Tuesday shifted the trial to the Tihar Jail complex following a Delhi High Court order. The court shifted the hearing due to security reasons, a lawyer said. The 14 accused in the case include former telecom ministser A. Raja and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi of the DMK.  [ Read More ]

2G scam: Trial against Raja, Kanimozhi to start Friday

The much-awaited trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, involving high-profile accused including former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, top corporate honchos and telecom firms, is likely to commence from tomorrow before a Delhi Court. Top corporate executives of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) are likely to be first among the  [ Read More ]

2G scam: Swamy’s plea against Chidambaram posted for Dec 3

A special CBI court on Tuesday deferred its hearing on Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s plea to make Home Minister P. Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G case. But it asked the agency to make available to the complainant a file apparently containing a conversation between Chidambaram and 2G accused former communications minister A. Raja.  [ Read More ]

Lawyer strike brings 2G proceedings to halt

A group of lawyers Thursday barged into a court where the 2G scam case was being heard, asking that the proceedings be stopped and the bar association strike be observed. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge O.P. Saini, hearing the defense arguments of Hari Nair, one of the Reliance executives and an accused, said:  [ Read More ]

CBI to give Radia tapes to 2G accused

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will by July 12 provide taped coversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia to all those accused in the 2G spectrum scam case, the probe agency said in court Thursday. The investigation agency, while responding to the plea by the accused, said before special CBI judge O.P Saini: “The accused  [ Read More ]

Raja, 11 others formally charged in 2G spectrum case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday filed its first chargesheet of 127 pages with 80,000-page annexure against nine people and three firms in the case involving the allocation of second generation (2G) telecom spectrum. The chargesheet, brought in seven steel boxes, was filed in the special court of CBI Judge O.P. Saini. Among those  [ Read More ]

CBI files chargesheet in 2G spectrum case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday filed its first chargesheet in the 2G spectrum scam . The chargesheet was filed in the special court of CBI judge O.P. Saini. Former Telecom minister A Raja has been charged with criminal conspiracy, forgery, cheating and corruption. Raja’s private secretary R K Chandolia, former telecom secretary  [ Read More ]