The union government has been pulled up by The Supreme Court for not implementing its order directing auctioning of 122 cancelled 2G licences in both letter and spirit and going in for a truncated auction. “Prima facie we can say you are not complying with the court orders. You are playing with it. It is unfortunate,” [ Read More ]
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Prepaid mobile connections : Panel to give guidelinesThe Supreme Court on Friday directed the setting up of a five-member committee to recommend guidelines for verification of those applying for prepaid mobile connections. A bench of Chief Justice SH Kapadia, Justice AK Ganguly and Justice Swatanter Kumar, in its order, said the committee should be headed by the secretary, department of telecommunications (DoT), [ Read More ] Why cap on SMSes, Delhi high court asks Trai, governmentThe Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notices to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the central government on a petition challenging the regulator’s imposition of a cap of 200 SMSes per day per person. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw has given two weeks [ Read More ] 2G case: Loss no prerequisite for prosecution, says courtFraming charges against former communications minister A. Raja and 13 arrested accused in the 2G case, a special court here Saturday made it clear that loss to the exchequer is not a necessary condition for prosecution of the accused. “…you all committed an offence punishable under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) read with 409 (criminal breach [ Read More ] TRAI, law ministry views on 2G unsolicited, CBI tells courtThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam, Thursday rejected reports of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the law ministry and told a Delhi court that their views on the case were unsolicited. CBI Special Public Prosecutor U.U. Lalit told the special CBI court, presided over by [ Read More ] CBI files chargesheet in 2G spectrum caseThe 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 ] Apex court reserves verdict on plea to cancel 2G licencesThe Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition for cancellation of 2G licences illegally granted in 2008 after it was told considerations of ‘chaos’ and ‘loss’ of foreign investments if the licences were quashed could not outweigh the concerns over national security. The posituion was made clear to the apex court bench of [ Read More ] |
