New Delhi:
The Centre has agreed to set up a special court to hear the 2G spectrum scam case. Law Minister Veerappa Moily has written to the Delhi High Court for the setting up of the court.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been directed by the Supreme Court to submit their status reports on the progress of their investigation into the scam by March 10.
The Centre will inform about the modalities of setting up the special court by 10 March.
Estimated by the government's auditor to have cost India up to Rs. 1.76 lakh crore, the 2G scam cost A Raja his job as Telecom Minister and then forced him into jail. Raja is a leader of the DMK, which is a critical member of the Union Government, and is in partnership with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
Raja chose to give spectrum to companies in 2008 at throwaway prices. The scam relates to whether Raja should have auctioned the spectrum. On paper, he chose to follow instead a first-come-first-serve policy that had been introduced during the NDA regime. But in practice, the policy was tweaked and the deadline was brought forward unexpectedly to benefit companies who were allegedly paying him handsomely for favouring them.
The scam has been used by the Opposition to launch a fierce attack against the government over corruption within its ranks.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been directed by the Supreme Court to submit their status reports on the progress of their investigation into the scam by March 10.
The Centre will inform about the modalities of setting up the special court by 10 March.
Estimated by the government's auditor to have cost India up to Rs. 1.76 lakh crore, the 2G scam cost A Raja his job as Telecom Minister and then forced him into jail. Raja is a leader of the DMK, which is a critical member of the Union Government, and is in partnership with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
Raja chose to give spectrum to companies in 2008 at throwaway prices. The scam relates to whether Raja should have auctioned the spectrum. On paper, he chose to follow instead a first-come-first-serve policy that had been introduced during the NDA regime. But in practice, the policy was tweaked and the deadline was brought forward unexpectedly to benefit companies who were allegedly paying him handsomely for favouring them.
The scam has been used by the Opposition to launch a fierce attack against the government over corruption within its ranks.
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