Supreme Court today dismissed industrialist Ravi Ruia's request to travel abroad
Dismissing Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia's request to travel abroad, the Supreme Court today cited "a bad experience" and said a person who had promised to return never did.
Mr Ruia is an accused in the case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of 2G spectrum in 2002. His lawyers had told the court that he needs to travel abroad as he has business interests in Canada, US and Saudi Arabia. They also argued that he had never violated bail conditions. But the CBI objected, saying if he is allowed to go, he may not return and it would be difficult to bring him back to India as he is a Non Resident Indian.
The court appeared to accept the investigating agency's argument and said: "We have had a bad experience earlier. A person like you said he will return but he didn't return."
Mr Ruia is out on bail. Last year, the court had allowed him to fly to Russia, UK and France.