2G Spectrum Scam

While senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said Rai should tender an apology to the country, resign from all posts he is holding and return all the awards, Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy sought that the former CAG chief should be probed on the issue.

"We have handed over charge sheets in DVDs, each containing around 39,500 pages including enclosures, to the accused or their advocates in the special CBI court," special prosecutor Satish Dinkar told PTI today.

Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said the fate of the 122 telecom licences that were cancelled in 2012 will be decided based on the position the investigative agency takes on the acquittals.

They said the agency will study the order and will knock on the doors of the high court armed with their evidence and investigation.

The 2G scam was a major election issue in the Tamil Nadu assembly election and the 2014 Lok Sabha election.

Loop Telecom Limited (LTL), facing trial in a case arising out of the probe into the 2G spectrum scam, today told a special court that the conduct of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the matter was found to be "inconsistent" by the telecom appellant tribunal.

A Bench, comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Arun Mishra, said the plea cannot be looked into as the officer himself has not approached the apex court.

Advancing final arguments in the case in which promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom are facing trial along with others, Special public prosecutor Anand Grover referred to the documents and statements of prosecution witnesses to buttress the agency's claim.

Undoubtedly, from the very nature of office held by him, the Prime Minister of a country can not personally look into the minute details of each and every case placed before him and has to depend upon his advisors and other officers.

Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani has been allowed exemption from personally appearing as a prosecution witness in the trial court till the second week of August.

In a statement given to CBI on February 16, 2011, Ambani has said he "does not" admit that Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd, facing trial in the case along with its promoters, was a Reliance ADA Group company and that he has lost his "prestige" in the entire saga.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official Suresh Kumar Palsania, who meticulously investigated the 2G spectrum scam, died on Wednesday night due to a blood disorder. 44-year-old Palsania, who was termed as one of the bright officers of the agency, died at a private hospital in South Delhi due to a terminal illness.

Raja arrives to a rousing reception

A Raja, the prime accused in 2G spectrum scam, on Wednesday came to Parliament a day after being released from Tihar jail where he was lodged after his arrest in the case on February 1 last year.

On 2 February 2012, the Supreme Court of India issued its judgment on one of the important cases on this matter. It declared that all 122 licenses issued in 2008 were illegal and ordered them quashed within four months.

After Subramanian Swamy's plea to make Home Minister P Chidambaram co-accused in the 2G spectrum scam case was dismissed, a relieved Congress said it's a victory of the truth.

Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy has submitted copies of what he calls documentary evidence on Home Minister P Chidambaram's involvement in the 2G spectrum scam before a Special Judge in Delhi. The case has now been adjourned to Januray 21.

The trial on 2G spectrum scam case has been adjourned for the day after CBI's star witness and former telecom minister A Raja's ex-aide Aseervatham Achary complains of illness.

It looked like the market was trying to behave a little better this week, preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus over the weekend.

Achary in his testimony said that Sanjay Chandra, Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka used to meet a Raja when he was environment minister in relation to environmental clearance required for big real estate projects in which these companies were involved.