Essar Scam

The CBI told Delhi High Court that the trial court had failed to appreciate the evidence which proved that the accused had hatched a conspiracy to cheat the DoT for obtaining spectrum licence.

The Congress on Thursday alleged that the BJP government in Gujarat had let four private companies -- Adani, ESSAR, Tata and China Light Power -- to "squander" Rs 26,000 crore of the public exchequer by purchasing electricity from them at "unimaginably high rates" in a "huge power purchase scam" in the state.

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.

Supreme Court advocate Suren Uppal -- who approached the Prime Minister for a probe into the Essar phone tap scandal - has now appealed to the Delhi High Court for an investigation by a Special Investigation Team.

The Essar Group was allegedly in touch with the then Finance Minister over the issue of Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the erstwhile UPA government for clearances on coal allocation issues, a non-governmental organisation has said in a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court will decide tomorrow whether Sunil Bharti Mittal, the chairman and managing director of Bharti Cellular Ltd and Ravi Ruia, the promoter of Essar Group, will face trial in the additional spectrum case.

Sunil Mittal, the chairman of India's biggest telecommunication carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd, was ordered on Tuesday to appear before an Indian court in a case over alleged corruption in allocating mobile phone bandwidth more than a decade ago.

Three companies, including Bharti Airtel and Hutchison Essar (now Vodafone), had been named in the FIR filed by the CBI.

The 2G special court on Friday granted bail to Essar and Loop Telecom executives case in the 2G telecom case.

The five persons who face the CBI charges are Ravi Ruia, Anshuman Ruia, I.P. Khaitan, Kiran Khaitan and Vikash Saraf.

Promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom, named as accused in a case flowing out of the 2G scam, today appeared before a Delhi court. Essar group promoters Ravi and Anshuman Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan moved their bail pleas after they appeared before Special CBI Judge O P Saini.

Essar Group promoters Anshuman and Ravi Ruia, accused in a case flowing out of the 2G scam, were today directed by a Delhi Court to appear in person before it. The court also issued them a stern warning.

Promoters of Essar Group, Anshuman and Ravi Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan, were today granted exemption from personal appearance by a Delhi court, which had summoned them as accused in the 2G case.

The lawyers of the promoters of Loop Telecom and Essar Group appeared before the Patiala House court in Delhi today in connection with the 2G case. The promoters, Ravi Ruia and Anshuman Ruia, promoters of Essar, I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan, promoters of Loop Telecom, and Vikas Saraf, Director (Strategy and Planning), Essar, failed to appear yet a...

The promoters of Essar and Loop Telecom have been asked to appear before the Delhi court handling the trial of the telecom scam on 22 February. The group of four was meant to be present in court today, but lawyers for their companies said that summons issued to them had been sent to the wrong address.

The CBI told Delhi High Court that the trial court had failed to appreciate the evidence which proved that the accused had hatched a conspiracy to cheat the DoT for obtaining spectrum licence.

The Congress on Thursday alleged that the BJP government in Gujarat had let four private companies -- Adani, ESSAR, Tata and China Light Power -- to "squander" Rs 26,000 crore of the public exchequer by purchasing electricity from them at "unimaginably high rates" in a "huge power purchase scam" in the state.

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.

Supreme Court advocate Suren Uppal -- who approached the Prime Minister for a probe into the Essar phone tap scandal - has now appealed to the Delhi High Court for an investigation by a Special Investigation Team.

The Essar Group was allegedly in touch with the then Finance Minister over the issue of Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the erstwhile UPA government for clearances on coal allocation issues, a non-governmental organisation has said in a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court will decide tomorrow whether Sunil Bharti Mittal, the chairman and managing director of Bharti Cellular Ltd and Ravi Ruia, the promoter of Essar Group, will face trial in the additional spectrum case.

Sunil Mittal, the chairman of India's biggest telecommunication carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd, was ordered on Tuesday to appear before an Indian court in a case over alleged corruption in allocating mobile phone bandwidth more than a decade ago.

Three companies, including Bharti Airtel and Hutchison Essar (now Vodafone), had been named in the FIR filed by the CBI.

The 2G special court on Friday granted bail to Essar and Loop Telecom executives case in the 2G telecom case.

The five persons who face the CBI charges are Ravi Ruia, Anshuman Ruia, I.P. Khaitan, Kiran Khaitan and Vikash Saraf.

Promoters of Essar Group and Loop Telecom, named as accused in a case flowing out of the 2G scam, today appeared before a Delhi court. Essar group promoters Ravi and Anshuman Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan moved their bail pleas after they appeared before Special CBI Judge O P Saini.

Essar Group promoters Anshuman and Ravi Ruia, accused in a case flowing out of the 2G scam, were today directed by a Delhi Court to appear in person before it. The court also issued them a stern warning.

Promoters of Essar Group, Anshuman and Ravi Ruia and Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan, were today granted exemption from personal appearance by a Delhi court, which had summoned them as accused in the 2G case.

The lawyers of the promoters of Loop Telecom and Essar Group appeared before the Patiala House court in Delhi today in connection with the 2G case. The promoters, Ravi Ruia and Anshuman Ruia, promoters of Essar, I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan, promoters of Loop Telecom, and Vikas Saraf, Director (Strategy and Planning), Essar, failed to appear yet a...

The promoters of Essar and Loop Telecom have been asked to appear before the Delhi court handling the trial of the telecom scam on 22 February. The group of four was meant to be present in court today, but lawyers for their companies said that summons issued to them had been sent to the wrong address.