New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking lodging of an FIR against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran for their alleged role in the 2G case. Special CBI Judge OP Saini dismissed the plea and also imposed a cost of Rs 20,000 on petitioner Vivek Garg, an RTI activist, saying he had filed the application to "seek cheap publicity and to waste the time of the court."
"In view of the reasons stated above, I am satisfied that applicant (Garg) is not in possession of any evidence at all, but has filed the instant application against Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, Dayanidhi Maran and others in order to seek cheap publicity and to waste time of the court," the judge said and directed Garg to deposit Rs 20,000 as cost within seven days.
The court said that Garg's application "deserves to be dismissed with heavy cost" as he is not having any "real evidence" in his possession. Garg, in his plea, had sought a direction to the CBI to file a status report on its investigation till date in the case filed against Maran in the 2G scam.
He had also sought a direction to the CBI to file a report as to whether the documents, on the basis of which an FIR was lodged against Maran, were the same which he had filed along with his application. He had also said that if the contents of the
03:24 PM, Jun 07, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday issued a notice to all 2G scam accused on Central Bureau of Investigation's plea seeking to call Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) chairman Anil Ambani and 16 others as witness in the case. The CBI told the court that Anil's statement was recorded earlier during probe but was not placed before it as he was not arrayed as witness. Anil and his wife...
02:59 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: Former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai has dismissed the criticism of the 2G loss report. In his first TV interview after retirement, he told Karan Thapar that the CAG's coalgate report is based on facts. He said the CAG has been conservative in calculating the coalgate losses and followed all guidelines and norms while calculating the 2G loss. He said he is not worried about the negative...
01:28 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has sought Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina to depose as witnesses in the ongoing 2G scam trial. A Times of India report says the CBI wants the Ambanis in the ongoing trial in a special court in Delhi. The couple are among 17 new witnesses that the investigative agency wants to examine. The CBI wants to...
08:09 AM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: CBI on Tuesday moved a Delhi Court seeking permission to place on record a CD of 62 intercepted telephonic conversations of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia with various persons in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation case. Special Public Prosecutor UU Lalit said out of the 62 taped conversations, the agency has already submitted the transcripts of 12 conversations and sought special CBI court's permission to place on...
07:05 PM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: Former corporate lobbyist Nira Radia appeared in a Delhi court on Tuesday as a key prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum case. In her deposition, Radia said that although Tata was first in line for 2G licences for the Delhi circle, the company did not win the bid. Radia said this happened despite the Department of Telecom advising Tata Teleservice verbally that it would be granted spectrum as...
01:39 PM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: Former corporate lobbyist Nira Radia, a key prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, appeared in a Delhi court on Tuesday to testify. Radia, who was scheduled to appear in court on December 5, 2012, to testify as a CBI witness, had sought three months' time on the grounds that she had undergone a surgery for a neurological ailment. The CBI had submitted in the first week...
10:37 AM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: Vinod Rai's tenure as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India ends on Wednesday. Rai's five years in office are seen as controversial given the CAG reports on the coal scam and the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma will take charge as the new CAG, but his appointment is already being questioned. Vinod Rai is the man who caused a big embarrassment to the...
11:00 AM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai, who demits office on Wednesday, will be remembered for turning the statutory body into a pugnacious watchdog of good governance and administrative integrity at a time when India is experiencing the need for greater transparency and a rebalancing of power that has tilted over the years towards the executive. Rai's five-year tenure (2008-2013) has been a tad controversial because of the unprecedented...
12:45 PM, May 21, 2013
Thrissur: JPC Chairman PC Chacko has said it will be "unconstitutional" to summon former Telecom Minister A Raja, prime accused in the 2G spectrum case, before the Joint Parliamentary Committee to take evidence, as it would be an "infringement" of Article 20 of the Constitution. "Article 20 (iii) of the Constitution clearly states no person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself," Chacko said....
01:26 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: Former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, a key prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, is likely to appear before a Delhi court on May 28 to depose in the case. The CBI on Thursday submitted before Special CBI Judge OP Saini its list of prosecution witnesses to be called for recording of their statements before the court and Radia's evidence is slated for May 28. Radia, who...
05:25 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Differences have reportedly cropped up between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi with the latter wanting the Prime Minister to address media on all issues plaguing the government, sources say. But Manmohan Singh is not keen to talk to the media on any of the corruption allegations including 2G spectrum scam, Railway Board bribery and Railway Protection Force officers transfer and posting scandal and the...
06:32 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha has approved the extension of the term of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G scam till the end of Monsoon Session. The Monsoon Session is likely to begin around July 23. Facing a combined Opposition and allegations of bias, the chairman of JPC, PC Chacko had held informal consultation with the members. Sources say the BJP had agreed for an extension. The tenure of the...
03:19 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Chairman of the joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G scam PC Chacko is likely to move a resolution in the Lok Sabha seeking extension of the JPC beyond the Budget Session. Sources say that the BJP has agreed to the extension of the JPC beyond May 10. After Lok Sahba Speaker Meira Kumar expressed her inability to remove him as JPC Chairman as demanded by 15 opposition members...
02:30 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Saturday moved a special CBI court seeking summoning of a written statement given by former Telecom Minister A Raja to Joint Parliamentary Committee in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. In his application filed before Special CBI Judge OP Saini, Swamy said that "in order to ensure that all aspects of the case are examined, actual culprits may be booked, tried and...
06:42 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday rejected the Opposition demand for removal of PC Chacko as Chairman of the JPC probing the 2G scam, citing "absence of express provisions in rules". In a letter to JPC members, Kumar said rules and directions are "silent" on the removal of the chairman of a parliamentary committee and urged the Chairman and the members of the JPC to work out...
02:36 PM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to take cognizance of the case of CBI keeping a scribe in the dark for 20 months about the closure of preliminary inquiry against him for allegedly trying to influence the Enforcement Directorate's probe in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. "We will take cognizance of it," a bench comprising justices GS Singhvi and KS Radhakrishnan said after senior advoacte Ram Jethmalani showed...
08:50 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Amid demands by opposition members for the outright rejection of the draft report on 2G, JPC Chairman PC Chacko on Monday said he was ready to take their amendments in the form of dissent notes but would not change the text of the documents. "I am willing for a detailed discussion on each of the (10) chapters. The text cannot be changed. The opposition's amendments can be in...
04:40 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: 2.04 pm: Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have been adjourned for the day. 12.19 pm: The all-party meet called by Meira Kumar ends. 12.19 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm after uproar over demand for PM's resignation over coal scam. 12.09 pm: "I have been saying that China is preparing to capture Indian territory on the border but the government and the Chair has...
11:39 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: A Parliament deadlocked yet again over corruption scandals threatens Finance Minister P Chidambaram's ambitious reform agenda, dealing a harsh dose of political reality on the heels of his North American roadshow to sell the India story. Two long-stalled reforms - one to lift the foreign ownership cap in insurers to 49 per cent from 26 per cent and another that would simplify land acquisition for factories - were...
08:38 AM, Apr 29, 2013
