The Supreme Court today dismissed curative petitions of several telecom firms for re-examination of its verdict cancelling 122 2G spectrum licences allocated during tenure of former Telecom Minister A Raja.
A special CBI court in Delhi on Saturday started recording statement of Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy, who is seeking prosecution of Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum scam case.
After 10 months in jail, former bureaucrat RK Chandolia, an accused in the 2G case, was today granted bail by a Delhi court which said that his case "cannot be equated" with that of former Telecom Minister A Raja and former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, now the only two accused still behind bars.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja's erstwhile Private Secretary R K Chandolia, arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum case, was today granted bail by a Delhi court.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja and two sacked bureaucrats R K Chandolia and Siddharth Behura were the "core sector" of conspiracy and stand on a "different footing" from those granted bail in 2G spectrum allocation scam case, CBI today told a Delhi court.
Following is the chronology of the events related to the 2G spectrum allocation scam case in which former Telecom Minister A Raja is the main accused:
With a Special CBI court today framing charges against former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanomozhi and 15 others in the multi-crore 2-G spectrum scam, Law Minister Salman Khurshid today said this will pave the way for the hearing of their bail applications.
DMK leader TKS Elangovan on Saturday, reacting to the special CBi court's order on all 17 accused, said that the party will fight the charges in the 2G Scam in court.
A Delhi court will pronounce on October 22 its order on framing of charges in the 2G spectrum case, involving former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 15 others.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja today accused CBI in a Delhi court of wilfully not filing on record the documents of telecom regulator TRAI in 2G spectrum allocation scam case.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja had ignored the Law Ministry's advice to refer the 2G spectrum allocation issue to the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) after assuring it as well as the Prime Minister's Office that he would follow the existing policy and later deviating from it, CBI today told a Delhi court.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja today expressed reluctance in starting his defence on charges in the 2G spectrum scam till the probe against him is completed by the CBI.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file an interim report on 2G spectrum scam case in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The report could tell the Apex court about former telecom minister A Raja's foreign bank accounts.
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday dismissed allegations that he was a beneficiary in the 2G scam and termed statements attributed to a former Reliance Industries employee in this regard as "totally false and per se defamatory".
Former telecom minister A Raja and his staff threatened and coerced officials in giving preference to Swan Telecom and Unitech over Tata group in the award of telecom licences, CBI has informed the Joint Parliamentary Committee probing the 2G scam.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday directed the CBI, which is investigating high-profile 2G and CWG scams, to thoroughly investigate these cases, produce quick results and act without fear to bring to book those guilty.
In the ongoing 2G scam probe, the CBI on Saturday took names of DB Realty promoter and Unitech MD in its chargesheet
CBI is facing difficulty in finding a capable lawyer to be appointed as special public prosecutor for holding the trial of 2G spectrum cases in which former telecom minister A Raja and corporate honchos are accused, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday.
The doctor, who conducted autopsy on the body of former Telecom Minister A Raja's aide Sadiq Batcha, has resigned but said it has nothing to with the case as he plans to contest elections.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja''s key aide Sadiq Batcha, who allegedly committed suicide in mysterious circumstances, died of asphyxia, a doctor who conducted the post-mortem said today.
Amid raging controversy over 2G spectrum, Loop Telecom, one of the new operators, today made an offer in the Supreme Court to auction its licence along with spectrum for 21 circles.
The CBI today apprised a Delhi court of its ongoing probe into the 2G spectrum scam following a direction on a private complaint filed by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy for trial of former Telecom Minister A Raja for his alleged role in the case.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, arrested for his alleged role in 2G Spectrum allocation scam, was sent to Tihar Jail by a Delhi court today under 14-days' judicial custody.
Senior BJP leader Arun Shourie claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was informed about Former Telecom Minister A Raja's involvement in the 2G spectrum scam in 2009.
All eyes on the arrest of the former telecom minister A Raja. He will be produced in the Patiala House court thursday. He was arrested on February 2, by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with 2G spectrum allocation scam.