The key petitioner in the 2G scam Subramanian Swamy said he hoped the trial will conclude in six months. ...
03:09 PM, Oct 22, 2011
RK Chandolia's lawyer Vijay Agarwal said all the accused have been booked under IPC section 120 and 409. ...
01:25 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Lawyer Majid Menon said in a matter of such an importance its important to read the order carefully. ...
01:14 PM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: DMK leader TKS Elangovan on Saturday, reacting to the special CBi court's order on all 17 accused, said that the party will fight the charges in the 2G Scam in court. He also said that the party will seek bail for its MP Kanimozhi, who has been charged with criminal breach of trust under Section 409. "Denying bail to those accused is wrong as all the accused have...
12:43 PM, Oct 22, 2011
All 17 accused in the 2G scam case were charged under IPC Section 409. Here are the details of all of the charges. ...
12:32 PM, Oct 22, 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, will be 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...
12:00 PM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: A special CBI court in Delhi is likely to frame charges on Saturday against 17 people accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi. Special Judge OP Saini will decide whether the accused will be charged under criminal breach of trust or not. Under criminal breach of trust charge, an accused if convicted, can be given a life sentence....
06:18 AM, Oct 22, 2011
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi is expected to meet his daughter Kanimozhi, jailed for her alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, in Delhi on Friday. According to sources, the 88 year-old DMK patriarch, his wife Rajathi and grandson and Kanimozhi's son Adithya are scheduled to leave by a government carrier on Friday evening. Kanimozhi has been lodged in jail for almost six months and has been denied bail....
10:03 AM, Oct 21, 2011
Umaria: Alleging that the Congress-led UPA government was neck deep in corruption, BJP leader LK Advani on Friday said that the day was not far when the government would have to call its Cabinet meeting in Tihar Jail. "It is really unfortunate for Indian democracy that the UPA ministers, neck deep in corruption, are going to jail. It appears that the sad day is not far when the UPA government...
08:17 AM, Oct 15, 2011
New Delhi: Critisising the Centre, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that the 2G scam could have been prevented if the Government would have heeded to the Prime Minister's November 3, 2007 letter. The apex court said action should've been taken after the November 2007 letter of Manmohan Singh to the then telecom minister A Raja on the 2G spectrum issue. The Prime Minister, in his letter, directed Raja to...
06:58 PM, Oct 13, 2011
New Delhi: Making its stand clear in the 2G case, the government on Wednesday said that it would oppose the bail of all the accused, including DMK MP Kanimozhi in the spectrum allocation case. The Supreme Court judges on Wednesday took strong exception to the media reports that the government was not going to oppose bail of 2G accused. The judges hearing the case ask Additional Solicitor General about the...
02:43 PM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: After being in jail for nearly six months, DMK MP Kanimozhi may finally get some relief on October 17 when her bail plea comes up for hearing. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has decided not to oppose her bail plea. According to highly placed sources in the agency, Cineyug Films' founder Karim Morani and Reliance executive Surendra Pipara may also get relief on health grounds. Sources said...
06:34 PM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: The bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi is now most likely to be heard on October 17. The bail plea was scheduled to be heard on Saturday, but lawyers of both Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as well as Kanimozhi asked the court to give another date for the hearing of the bail matter. According to the Supreme Court order, a bail cannot be granted till framing of...
10:27 AM, Oct 01, 2011
New Delhi: A special court in Delhi is slated to hear the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi on Saturday. The DMK leader has been in Tihar jail since May 20 for being an alleged beneficiary in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Kanimozhi had on September 16 applied for the bail at a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Patiala House along with Kalaignar TV managing director Sharad...
07:31 AM, Oct 01, 2011
New Delhi: Former telecom minister A Raja's lawyer, Sushil Kumar, on Monday told the court that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram was a party to all the decisions taken in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation. He, however, clarified that he was not making an attempt to present Chidambaram as an accused. "I am not calling P Chidambaram an accused but he knew everything. He was acquainted with all facts...
11:23 AM, Sep 26, 2011
New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar applied for bail in a special CBI court at Patiala House in the 2G spectrum scam. Both Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar have been lodged in Tihar jail since May 20. Both Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar have applied for bail on the grounds that charges have not yet been framed and will be framed and they should be granted bail...
06:09 PM, Sep 16, 2011
New Delhi: A special CBI court has postponed its orders on the framing of charges against the 17 accused in the 2G spectrum scam. No date has been fixed for the court to give its orders as yet. The arguments on the TRAI report will continue on Friday. The accused in the case include former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and a host of corporate executives. Raja has...
04:47 PM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: Janata Party chief and petitioner in the 2G spectrum case Subramanian Swamy is seeking to make Home Minister P Chidambaram an accused in the case. His application will be taken up on September 26. Swamy on Thursday moved a plea for recording his testimony afresh, saying Chidambaram's name has also emerged in 2G case. Meanwhile, a Delhi court is likely to pronounce its order on Thursday on framing...
07:33 AM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: The Tihar Jail is once again the centre of attention. Glamour quotient is at a high in Tihar Jail as it has never seen so many VIPs together and it now houses 2G accused A Raja, Sanjay Chandra, DMK MP Kanimozhi along with CWG accused Suresh Kalmadi and now cash-for-votes scam accused Amar Singh. Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh is the sixth MP and the latest VIP entrant...
07:32 AM, Sep 07, 2011
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, sent to judicial custody for his alleged role in the cash-for-votes scam, was lodged in jail number 3 of Tihar Prisons. He reached the jail premises at 6:25 pm and entered through Gate Number 4, sources said. He is the sixth MP to be lodged inside Tihar Prisons after Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, former telecom minister A Raja, sacked CWG OC chairman Suresh...
07:34 PM, Sep 06, 2011
