2G spectrum scam case: 'Raja wanted to favour some firms at cost of public exchequer'

NEW DELHI: A trial court s surprising clean chit on Thursday to all accused in the 2G spectrum rip-off case runs counter to the Supreme Court s February 2 2012 judgment cancelling all 122 licences after finding the allotments illegal and imposing a satisfactory of Rs 17 crore on seven unfit beneficiaries. The SC via then judges G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly had a lot to mention at the involvement of the then telecom minister within the arbitrary allotment of 2G spectrum. The workout undertaken by the officials of the branch of telecom between September 2007 and March 2008 beneath the management of the then minister of communications and records technology turned into fully arbitrary capricious and opposite to public interest other than being violative of the doctrine of equality it had stated. After listening to the recommend for all accused and telecom groups the SC bench had said The material produced earlier than the court docket indicates that the minister of communications and https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/comment/view/432/0/3739 information technology desired to favour some agencies on the value of the public exchequer. The SC had indexed 9 grounds for reaching the belief. Surely any person needed to be liable for these kind of illegalities. However on Thursday the trial court docket observed no one responsible for the arbitrary and capricious distribution of scarce herbal assets. The SC had said the then communications minister become very a lot conscious of the reality that the secretary finance had objected to the allocation of 2G spectrum at the rate fixed in 2001 but did now not seek advice from the finance minister or the workplace of the finance ministry . The bench had stated The minister of communications and IT pushed aside the idea made with the aid of the minister of regulation and justice for putting the problem before the Empowered Group of Ministers. Not handiest this inside few hours of the receipt of the proposal made through the PM in his November 2 2007 letter that maintaining in view the inadequacy of spectrum transparency and fairness have to be maintained in the count number of allocation thereof the minister of C