2g Spectrum Policy

Former Telecom Minister A. Raja "did not misrepresent facts" to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on policy matters related to allocation of 2G spectrum licences, a court said on Thursday while acquitting all accused in the case.

After a Delhi court today acquitted all the 17 accused in the 2G spectrum case, including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK leader M Kanimozhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley pointed out that the Supreme Court had in 2012 held that the 2G policy of the Congress-led government was "corrupt and dishonest".

Former communications minister A Raja told a special court in New Delhi today that he informed then prime minister Manmohan Singh and then Cabinet ministers about the procedure of 2G spectrum allocation decisions as he contested the prosecution theory of conspiracy against him.

Former telecom minister A Raja, who is accused in the 2G spectrum scam, has said that he never took the Prime Minister for a ride. "He did not know the telecom policy," Mr Raja told NDTV amid a controversy over two books that imply that Manmohan Singh had no control over his ministers.

Congressman PC Chacko is under attack for absolving the Prime Minister and Finance minister P Chidambram of any role in the telecom scam. As head of a parliamentary committee that studied the swindle, Mr Chacko has been accused by the opposition of engineering "a Congress document" that saves his own leaders and indicts former Telecom Minister A ...

Former Telecom Minister A Raja, the main accused in 2G spectrum scam, has told the Joint Parliamentary Committee that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in the loop over policy decisions and has accused Attorney General G E Vahanvati of telling a "series of untruths" against him.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal and Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tiwari today addressed a press conference on the 2G spectrum auction held recently.

The Chief Justice of India made a strong observation in the Supreme Court today saying the 2G spectrum was allocated on the distorted First Come First Served Policy. He said, "We find First Come First Served (FCFS) Policy is fine, but the implementation is flawed." This came during the hearing of 2G Presidential reference by a five judge constitu...

Chief Justice S H Kapadia said the first-come, first-served policy was fine, but the implementation was flawed.

Former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura on Tuesday sought to put the responsibility of major decisions taken ahead of granting 2G licences on A Raja and said he differed with the then telecom minister on first-come-first-serve policy for allocation of the spectrum.

The government has informed the Supreme Court that all natural resources cannot be auctioned.The government, in an affidavit says, auctioning all natural resources will affect India's economic growth. The government also says the judiciary cannot go into policy decisions.

The Supreme Court has allowed the government to complete the 2G spectrum auction process by August 31, 2012. The court had earlier asked the government to complete the process by 2 June 2012. The deadline was fixed at 2 June 2012 earlier. Here are latest developments.

The government today moved the Supreme Court questioning its verdict holding the policy of first-come-first-served in 2G spectrum allocation as unconstitutional while cancelling 122 licences saying it has entered into the exclusive domain of the executive and beyond the limits of judicial review.

Telecom operators welcomed the indian government's new telecom policy that calls for a uniform licence and auction of available spectrum

India announced a uniform telecom licence fee policy under the new telecom policy on Wednesday. Telecom minister Kapil Sibal announced that the telecom regulator will announce a migration path for existing licence holders to the uniform licence regime. Telecom operators would be permitted to share 2G spectrum as it is a scarce resource.

Former Telecom Minister A. Raja "did not misrepresent facts" to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on policy matters related to allocation of 2G spectrum licences, a court said on Thursday while acquitting all accused in the case.

After a Delhi court today acquitted all the 17 accused in the 2G spectrum case, including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK leader M Kanimozhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley pointed out that the Supreme Court had in 2012 held that the 2G policy of the Congress-led government was "corrupt and dishonest".

Former communications minister A Raja told a special court in New Delhi today that he informed then prime minister Manmohan Singh and then Cabinet ministers about the procedure of 2G spectrum allocation decisions as he contested the prosecution theory of conspiracy against him.

Former telecom minister A Raja, who is accused in the 2G spectrum scam, has said that he never took the Prime Minister for a ride. "He did not know the telecom policy," Mr Raja told NDTV amid a controversy over two books that imply that Manmohan Singh had no control over his ministers.

Congressman PC Chacko is under attack for absolving the Prime Minister and Finance minister P Chidambram of any role in the telecom scam. As head of a parliamentary committee that studied the swindle, Mr Chacko has been accused by the opposition of engineering "a Congress document" that saves his own leaders and indicts former Telecom Minister A ...

Former Telecom Minister A Raja, the main accused in 2G spectrum scam, has told the Joint Parliamentary Committee that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in the loop over policy decisions and has accused Attorney General G E Vahanvati of telling a "series of untruths" against him.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal and Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tiwari today addressed a press conference on the 2G spectrum auction held recently.

The Chief Justice of India made a strong observation in the Supreme Court today saying the 2G spectrum was allocated on the distorted First Come First Served Policy. He said, "We find First Come First Served (FCFS) Policy is fine, but the implementation is flawed." This came during the hearing of 2G Presidential reference by a five judge constitu...

Chief Justice S H Kapadia said the first-come, first-served policy was fine, but the implementation was flawed.

Former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura on Tuesday sought to put the responsibility of major decisions taken ahead of granting 2G licences on A Raja and said he differed with the then telecom minister on first-come-first-serve policy for allocation of the spectrum.

The government has informed the Supreme Court that all natural resources cannot be auctioned.The government, in an affidavit says, auctioning all natural resources will affect India's economic growth. The government also says the judiciary cannot go into policy decisions.

The Supreme Court has allowed the government to complete the 2G spectrum auction process by August 31, 2012. The court had earlier asked the government to complete the process by 2 June 2012. The deadline was fixed at 2 June 2012 earlier. Here are latest developments.

The government today moved the Supreme Court questioning its verdict holding the policy of first-come-first-served in 2G spectrum allocation as unconstitutional while cancelling 122 licences saying it has entered into the exclusive domain of the executive and beyond the limits of judicial review.

Telecom operators welcomed the indian government's new telecom policy that calls for a uniform licence and auction of available spectrum

India announced a uniform telecom licence fee policy under the new telecom policy on Wednesday. Telecom minister Kapil Sibal announced that the telecom regulator will announce a migration path for existing licence holders to the uniform licence regime. Telecom operators would be permitted to share 2G spectrum as it is a scarce resource.