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2G: HC grants more time to Raja, Kanimozhi to file reply on CBI plea
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SME Times News Bureau | 10 Aug, 2018
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted more time to former Telecom
Minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others in the 2G spectrum case to
file their replies to a CBI plea challenging their acquittal.
Justice
Najmi Waziri allowed the pleas of some accused seeking more time to
file response on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) petition and
listed the matter for October 9 for further hearing.
The Unitech has also filed a reply which was taken on record by the court.
The
court was hearing the central probe agency's plea challenging a special
court's order acquitting Raja, Kanimozhi and others in the 2G spectrum
case.
The special court on December 21, 2017 had acquitted all accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
While
announcing the judgement, special judge O.P. Saini said the CBI and the
Enforcement Directorate had failed to provide sufficient evidence to
prove the charges against 33 persons named in the case.
Besides
Raja and Kanimozhi, the special court had also acquitted 17 others,
including DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal, Shahid Balwa
and Vinod Goenka of STPL, Asif Balwa and Rajiv Aggarwal of Kusegaon
Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd, film producer Karim Morani, and P.
Amirtham and Sharad Kumar of Kalaignar TV.
Former Telecom
Secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja's erstwhile private secretary R.K.
Chandolia, Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka,
Unitech Ltd MD Sanjay Chandra and three top executives of Reliance Anil
Dhirubhai Ambani Group (RADAG) -- Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari
Nair -- were also acquitted by the special court.
The ED in its
chargesheet had alleged that Rs 2 billion was paid by Swan Telecom (P)
Ltd (STPL) promoters to the DMK-run Kalaignar TV.
The CBI had
alleged that there was a loss of Rs 309.84 billion to the exchequer in
allocation of licences for the 2G spectrum. The allocation was scrapped
by the top court on February 2, 2012.
The special court, which
was set up on March 14, 2011 for hearing 2G cases exclusively, had also
acquitted Essar Group promoters Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia and six
others in a separate case arising out of the 2G scam probe.
The
first case, prosecuted by the CBI, had 17 accused, while the second,
pursued by the ED had 19 undertrials. The third case had eight accused,
including the Essar promoters.
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