2G case: Delhi HC admits CBI's plea against acquittal of A Raja, Kanimozhi and others

A Raja was acquitted in the 2G case, along with others

The Delhi high court on Friday admitted the CBI's appeal challenging the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja, DMK leader Kanimozhi and UPA-era government officials in the 2G spectrum allocation case.

A special court had acquitted all the accused in December 2017.

The CBI had challenged the order of special court before the high court in 2018.

The agency had told the high court that there were glaring illegalities in the trial court's judgment acquitting all the accused in the case.

Besides A Raja and Kanimozhi, the court had acquitted former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja's former private secretary R K Chandolia, Unitech Limited managing director Sanjay Chandra and three top executives of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (RADAG) - Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair - in the case lodged by the CBI.

In its chargesheet filed in 2011, the CBI had alleged that Raja conspired with his former private secretary Chandolia to shift the cut-off date for consideration of applications to be received up to September 25, 2007 for allotment of 2G spectrum to illegally benefit Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom's Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka.

(With inputs from agencies)