2G scam: SC to pass order on public prosecutor’s appointment
April 11th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by ANINew Delhi, Apr 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Monday pass an order on the appointment of a special public prosecutor for holding the trial of former Telecom Minister A Raja and other accused in the 2G spectrum case.
The apex court will also pass direction for holding the trial in the case on day-to-day basis without any adjournments to bring to justice all persons involved in the scam.
A bench of justices A.K. Ganguly and G.S. Singhvi had on April 8 said that it would pass a formal order on appointment of senior advocate U.U. Lalit as special public prosecutor on April 11.
“We would make it clear in our order that the special court would hold trial on day-to-day basis and no adjournment on any basis would be allowed,” directed the bench.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had earlier filed its first chargesheet against Raja and some of his close aides in connection with the scam.
Besides, the four accused - Raja, former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja’s former personal assistant R.K.Chandolia, and Swan Telecom (now DB Etisalat) chief Shahid Usman Balwa, the CBI has also framed Gautam Doshi, Saurabh Papadiya, Hari Nayar, Sanjay Chandra and three companies - Unitech, Reliance Communications and Swan Telecom.
All the accused have been booked under sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), 468 (Forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 109 (abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment) of the Indian Penal Code.
Raja was forced to resign from the Union Cabinet last year after the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) faulted him for undervaluing spectrum to favour companies who were largely ineligible for 2G spectrum, and added that the government had probably lost Rs.1.76 lakh crore in estimated revenue. (ANI)
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