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
Jaipur: BJP leader LK Advani on Friday questioned Congress President Sonia Gandhi's "silence" on corruption issue and asked what she was doing as UPA's "most powerful leader" to curb the menace. "Corruption has been an issue that has been widely discussed in every town and city in recent times. But why is the Congress President silent on the issue?" Advani said while addressing a press conference Jaipur. "Why have steps...
12:51 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
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: In what may come as some relief for Swan Telecom and Reliance Telecom, both of which are under investigation in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, the Law Ministry has told the Department of Telecom to do a detailed study of the crossholding pattern in the two companies before issuing a show cause to cancel their licences. The Law Ministry's opinion came after a draft show cause sought cancellation...
03:10 PM, Nov 08, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi has court directed the CBI to give the certified copy of a file concerning the 2G spectrum allocation to Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy, who is seeking prosecution of the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the case. Special CBI Judge OP Saini's directions to the agency came after Swamy told the court that the file relating to UASL (Unified Access Service Licence) policy regarding sale...
12:31 PM, Nov 08, 2011
New Delhi: The special CBI court adjourned the hearing of the case filed by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy against Home Minister P Chidambaram till December 3. the case is in relation with the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to hand over all corrrespondence between former telecom minister A Raja and Chidambaram on the share dilution issue to Swamy. The Janata Party...
10:46 AM, Nov 08, 2011
New Delhi: The Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) has decided to appeal to the High Court for 2G accused Kanimozhi on Friday. Kanimozhi and seven other were denied bail by the Special CBI Court on Thursday on two main accounts - possibility of the accused tampering with evidence and the seriousness of the offence. DMK leader Khusboo said that the party was filing for Kanimozhi's bail in the High Court on...
11:19 AM, Nov 04, 2011
New Delhi: Facing Congress attack over his December 2007 letter, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Thursday rejected the allegation that he disfavoured auction of 2G spectrum, saying that he only wanted that PSUs like MTNL and BSNL were not losers. Joshi, as Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce, had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on December 2, 2007, quoting media reports on MNCs "launching a tirade against...
02:34 AM, Nov 04, 2011
New Delhi: Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chief Murli Manohar Joshi clarified his stand on the Congress' charges against him in the 2G spectrum allocation scam on Thursday. He said that it was Home Minister P Chidamabaram who allowed the scam to happen. "Chidambaram did not stick to his guns and allowed this to happen and the Congress is now blaming the PAC for the inquiry," Joshi told reporters at a...
03:29 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid questioned senior BJP leader LK Advani's knowledge of the judicial system on Wednesday. He said that Advani should know the principle of subjudice before asking for a parallel trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case. "Advani wants a parallel trial in 2G. He should know the principle of subjudice. We can't discuss what is happening the court," Khurshid. Khurshid added that the Supreme...
12:00 PM, Nov 02, 2011
New Delhi: Former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, on Tuesday accused the CBI in a Delhi court of discriminating among various accused in the case by not opposing their bail pleas for political considerations. "The prosecution is making distinction (among accused). It shows there is political intrusion in the legal process," senior advocate Aman Lekhi said while referring to the...
03:11 PM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister has stated that it was the Prime Minister's Office which insisted on Home Minister P Chidambaram's name being included in the controversial note 2G note. Pranab has also written that the Cabinet Secretariat was in the know about the controversial finance ministry note on the 2G spectrum allocation. He further said that the note was issued...
12:13 PM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI is likely to respond on the 2G scam case on Tuesday after the Supreme Court questioned its doublespeak on bail applications of five accused including A Raja and Kanimozhi. The court asked the CBI that if it was sure they won't tamper with evidence, then why did it keep the executives behind bars. The SC also asked the CBI why were they kept in jail if...
07:13 AM, Nov 01, 2011
