New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear the bail plea of DMK MP and 2G scam accused Kanimozhi on Friday, instead of December 1. Kanimozhi had sought an early listing of the matter. Kanimozhi's bail hearing was originally scheduled for December 1 but the court agreed to advance it on Thursday. This, after she filed an application in light of the Supreme Court order granting bail to 5 corporate...
04:06 AM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High court will hear the bail plea of DMK MP and 2G scam accused Kanimozhi on Friday instead of December 1. Kanimozhi had sought an early listing of the matter. Kanimozhi's application cites Wednesday's ruling of the Supreme Court, that granted bail to 5 corporate executives, also accused in the 2g Spectrum scam. Kanimozhi has argued that keeping her in jail any longer is a violation...
12:00 PM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: A day after bail was granted to five corporate executives, the Delhi High court is likely to hear the bail plea of DMK MP and 2G scam accused Kanimozhi on Thursday. Kanimozhi has sought an early listing of the matter. Kanimozhi's application cites Wednesday's ruling of the Supreme Court, that granted bail to 5 corporate executives, also accused in the 2g Spectrum scam. Kanimozhi has argued that keeping...
07:54 AM, Nov 24, 2011
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to 5 top corporate executives in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. ...
10:28 PM, Nov 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has stayed its notification to shift the 2G case trial to Tihar Jail. The HC registrar has been instructed to inspect the Patiala House Court to look for alternative venues to hold the trial. The accused in 2G spectrum case had approached the Delhi High Court challenging its administrative decision to shift the trial in the case from its present venue at Patiala House...
02:42 PM, Nov 23, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi and former telecom minister A Raja must have heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the Supreme Court order of granting bail to five corporate executives charged in 2G spectrum allocation case, as the decision raises hopes for their release too. A few hours after the court order, Kanimozhi, Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar and film producer Karim Morani moved the High court for early...
02:34 PM, Nov 23, 2011
New Delhi: As the Supreme Court granted bail to all five corporate executives in the 2G spectrum scam, the other accused in the case are now also hopeful of getting bail. Former Telecom Minister A Raja's lawyer Sushil Kumar said, "This is a good order and gives an opening to other accused." He said that if five persons in the case have got bail, the others accused in the case...
11:22 AM, Nov 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought CBI's response on the bail plea of former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum case. Issuing notice to CBI, Justice Shali also asked the probe agency to file a status report by December 1, the date on which the bail pleas of other five accused including DMK MP Kanimozhi are also slated for hearing....
12:40 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: A plea by former Telecom Minister A Raja that he would not cross-examine prosecution witnesses unless the CBI probe is over in 2G spectrum case, was dismissed on Friday by a Delhi court which began formal trial in the matter. Raja made the plea minutes before Special Judge OP Saini commenced formal trial, beginning it with the recording of first prosecution witness, Reliance Capital Ltd Vice President Anand...
01:10 PM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: Former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi along with 12 other people and three companies, who have been accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, have been charged under Indian Penal Code Section 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent). The maximum punishment if convicted for criminal breach of trust is life term while the minimum punishment is seven...
01:09 PM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: The trial in the biggest corruption case in the country got off to a noisy start in the court of Special Central Bureau of Investigation Judge OP Saini in New Delhi on Friday. As soon as the trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam began the defence counsel objected to the trial being conducted in a cramped space. There was more drama as prime accused in the 2G...
01:01 PM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: The trial in the biggest corruption case in the country began on Friday as Special CBI Judge OP Saini started recording the statement of Assistant Vice President of Reliance Capital Anand Subramaniam as prosecution witness in the case. Subramaniam's chief examination by CBI is over and most of the accused refused to cross-examine him. Reliance Telecom executives said they can't cross-examine till they are given a written copy...
10:33 AM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: The trial in the biggest corruption case in the country begins on Friday with the CBI all set to examine its first witness. In all, 150 witnesses will be examined in the Supreme Court monitored trial involving high profile individuals like former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum scam case. Of the 28 witnesses to be questioned by the November 30, 11...
06:41 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday accused the court that denied bail to his daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi of hesitating to ensure and uphold basic legal rights. He further said that the stand taken by the court made one fear where Indian democracy was headed to. "If courts, which are a pillar of Indian democracy, hesitate to ensure and uphold basic legal rights, one can...
05:23 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: 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 Friday before a Delhi Court. Top corporate executives of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) are likely to be first among the over 150 witnesses named by the CBI to be examined by the special...
04:05 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: Denied bail in the 2G case, DMK MP Kanimozhi, who is lodged in Tihar prison since May, is now taking meditation lessons on the jail premises. On November 3, the 43-year-old Rajya Sabha MP, who is the daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, had wept and hugged her mother Rajathi Ammal minutes after special CBI court rejected her bail plea in the 2G case. According to jail officials,...
07:39 AM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to respond to bail arguments for DMK MP Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar and Karim Morani on December in the 2G spectrum scam. The CBI on Wednesday again said that they do not oppose Kanimozhi's bail. CBI's lawyer said, "We reiterate our stand as before trial court. There is no deviation in our stand."...
11:44 AM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear DMK MP and an accused in the 2G spectrum scam Kanimozhi's bail plea on Wednesday. The CBI on Wednesday again said that they do not oppose Kanimozhi's bail. CBI's lawyer said, "We reiterate our stand as before trial court. There is no deviation in our stand." Kanimozhi's lawyers had moved the High court after a special CBI court dismissed her petition and...
09:51 AM, Nov 09, 2011
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Lines from the recent 2G judgement denying bail to Kanimozhi and others are telling. "Kanimozhi belongs to the upper echelons of society and is also ...
09:18 AM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: DMK leader Kanimozhi on Saturday applied for bail in Delhi High Court in the 2G scam case. Kanimozhi's bail plea was dismissed on Thursday by the special CBI court. The court also announced that the trial will begin on November 11. Judge OP Saini dismissed the bail pleas of all accused in the scam on three accounts. He said the three accounts on which the order is based...
01:21 PM, Nov 05, 2011
