CPIL further claimed that the Centre's order violated the policy regarding Inter-Cadre deputation of All India Service Officers.
CNBC-TV18's Malvika Jain reports on Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) questioning the sustainability of the Presidential Reference as the Supreme Court begins hearing in the 2G spectrum scam case
Against the backdrop of allegations of favouring Reliance Communications by reducing penalty on the company, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today set up an enquiry committee under Telecom Secretary to look into cases of delay in the rolling out of mobile services as provisioned under the USOF scheme.
In a fresh attempt to expand the ambit of the ongoing SC-supervised probe into telecom licensing, the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), the petitioner in the 2G Spectrum case, has filed a fresh affidavit that seeks the CBI investigation on the acquisition of Hutch Essar by Vodafone in 2007.
Earlier on February 10, while hearing a plea by Centre for Public Interest Litigation for probe into the 2G case, the Supreme Court had asked the CBI to widen its probe ambit and include into it high flying corporate honchos without getting influenced by their status.