New Delhi: A minor scuffle broke out between supporters of A Raja and media personnel outside the MP's residence in New Delhi on Tuesday night. The incident took place outside Raja's Motilal Nehru Marg residence at around 9 pm while a function was being held there to felicitate the MP, who got bail in the 2G spectrum case on Tuesday. According to media personnel, a group of his supporters raised...
10:04 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Former Union telecom minister A Raja, who has been facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, has moved a Delhi court seeking bail. The accused in the 2G spectrum scam has been behind bars for 15 months. He moved the court for the bail hours after former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura was granted bail by the court. Notably, as many as 14 people were arrested in...
04:26 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: A special CBI court will on Thursday begin hearing arguments on charges against Loop Telecom and the Essar Group in 2G spectrum allocation scam case. The court would also take up applications seeking a shield against arrest filed by Essar Group promoters Ravi Ruia and Anshuman Ruia, Loop Telecom promoters IP Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan and Essar group director Essar Group director (strategy and Planning) Vikas Saraf. A...
06:42 AM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday begin hearing the Centre's review petition in the 2G spectrum case. The Centre had alleged judicial overreach by Supreme Court in its decision cancelling 122 2G licences on February 2 this year. The Centre alleged that the executive's policy powers were usurped by the court, implying judicial overreach. ...
07:55 AM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear Tata Group chairman Rata Tata's plea in the 2G spectrum scam case on Wednesday. Tata had claimed that the corporate lobbyist Nira Radia tapes should not be made public as it infringes on his right to privacy. Tata also sought an investigation into the leak of the Radia's conversations with several politicians, media persons and businessmen. In a significant disclosure, the Centre had...
08:59 AM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court will on Saturday hear the bail applications of Essar and Loop promoters, named as accused in a case flowing out of the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Essar group promoters Ravi and Anshuman Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters IP Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan had moved their bail pleas after they appeared before Special CBI Judge OP Saini on March 31, 2012. The CBI has charged them...
06:05 AM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing the plea for investigating the alleged role of Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum scam with an NGO claiming that he was in the know of all developments relating to fixation of price for allocation of radio waves. The bench of justices GS Singhvi and S Radhakrishana, which was reconstituted after the retirement of Justice AK Ganguly, took up...
06:34 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom, named as accused in a case flowing out of the 2G scam, on Saturday appeared before a Delhi court. Essar group promoters Ravi and Anshuman Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters IP Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan moved their bail pleas after they appeared before Special CBI Judge OP Saini. The court listed the matter for arguments on bail pleas for April 21...
11:48 AM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has seized shares of Unitech Group companies through which the realty firm holds stake in mobile telecom firm, Uninor. "We can confirm that Uninor is in receipt of notices from the Income Tax Department stating that the shares owned by Unitech Ltd, through their companies Acorus, Cestos and Simpson, in our company have been attached," Uninor said in a statement on Wednesday. Unitech, which...
06:20 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday said companies exiting the telecommunication sector need not to be refunded their entry fee and a separate policy to help them move out is not necessary. "There is no need for a separate exit policy and that the entry fee paid will continue to be non-refundable," TRAI said in its draft response to 'Exit Policy for Various Telecom Licenses'....
11:57 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Government on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict cancelling 122 2G spectrum licences. In its review petition the Centre also asked the apex court to reconsider its earlier ruling barring the Government from allocating natural resources such as airwaves on a first-come-first-serve basis. Former telecom minister A Raja also moved the Supreme Court seeking review of verdict on 2G license cancellation and the...
04:59 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking review of 2G spectrum scam verdict which held that sanction for prosecution of public servants can be sought even prior to filing of complaints. It contended that "the question of sanction gets attracted only at the stage of cognizance after filing of complaint". The Centre sought review of apex court's January 31 verdict which blamed the Prime Minister's office...
07:16 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear in mid-March a plea seeking a probe into the role of Home Minister P Chidambaram, then the finance minister, in the pricing of 2G spectrum when A Raja was the telecommunications minister. When counsel Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioner Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) mentioned the matter, an apex court bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi said its plea has been listed...
05:37 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: Norwegian firm Telenor and its Indian partner Unitech have moved the Company Law Board (CLB) separately, trading charges against each other over control of their joint venture, Uninor. While Telenor said it wants to prevent any "wrongful obstruction" of its effort to secure its investments in the country, Unitech said its petition was to prevent the Norwegian firm from "assuming full control over the business including assets of...
07:27 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Government will not challenge the Supreme Court order cancelling 122 new 2G licences, but the Government is trying to buy time on June deadline of auctioning of cancelled licences through a Presidential refrence under Article 143, said sources. The sources also said that the Presidential refrence is an attempt by the Government to reassure the affected telecom companies without getting its hands dirty. The Supreme Court on...
06:46 PM, Feb 27, 2012
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