2g Verdict

In its judgement delivered on February 2, 2012, the Supreme Court had quashed 2G spectrum licences given to various firms during the tenure of A Raja as the telecom minister in January 2008.

Special Judge Om Prakash Saini, who delivered judgements in several high-profile criminal cases like the 2G spectrum allocation scam involving politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, in which all the accused were acquitted, retired on Monday.

The Delhi High Court Friday sought response of former Telecom Minister A Raja and others on a plea by the CBI seeking an early hearing on the appeals challenging the trial court's verdict acquitting all accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case.

Senior advocate Anand Grover, who was appointed as special public prosecutor in 2G spectrum allocation cases in 2014, today moved the Supreme Court requesting that he be relieved from all the 2G cases in all courts.

For the second consecutive day during his visit to Kolkata, Vinod Rai, former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India whose report in 2010 pegged notional loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore to the national exchequer due to 2G spectrum allocation in 2008, refused to answer questions on the court's dismissal of the scam as non-existent and former tel...

Fresh out of his acquittal, former telecom minister A Raja has written to his former boss Manmohan Singh whom he was accused of misleading to pull off the 2G scandal. In an emotional letter that also appeared to take a swipe at the former Prime Minister, Mr Raja signalled his disappointment at the former PM not trusting him enough.

Right after Lalu Yadav and 15 others were found guilty of corruption in the fodder scam case by a CBI court in Ranchi yesterday, the BJP hit out at the Congress, an ally of Mr Yadav, and called the UPA an "alliance of corruption". His conviction gave a fresh boost to the BJP's attack on the Congress and its allies dampened in the last few days with...

Videocon Telecommunications is planning to file a compensation claim of over Rs 10,000 crore against the government after the CBI court acquitted all accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, news agency PTI reported today quoting an unnamed company source.

Terming the verdict by the CBI court in the 2G spectrum case as "a slap" on the face of the BJP and others who "exploited it politically", the Shiv Sena today targeted the original whistleblower, former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai.

Two days after they were declared not guilty in the 2G spectrum scam, former telecom minister A Raja and M Kanimozhi of the DMK arrived in Chennai today to a rousing reception at the airport by senior leaders and hundreds of workers of the party.

When Judge OP Saini acquitted the 17 politicians including former Telecom Minister A Raja and corporate executives in India's biggest corruption scandal, he squarely blamed the prosecution for "miserably" failing to prove any charge. The judge's scathing criticism had triggered questions how a case probed by the country's premier Central Bureau of ...

A day after a special court acquitted all accused in the 2G scam, one of the biggest corruption scandals to gut the Manmohan Singh government, Congress president Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he called an "architecture of lies".

After a seven-year-long trial, the verdict in 2G case on Thursday came as a surprise as all 17 accused including former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK leader Kanimozhi were acquitted over lack of evidence.

After a seven-year-long trial, the verdict in 2G case on Thursday came as a surprise as all 17 accused including former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK leader Kanimozhi were acquitted over lack of evidence.

In emotional words, former telecom minister A Raja of the DMK, acquitted by a Delhi court on Thursday in the 2G case, has thanked his party chief M Karunanidhi for his support and has said he is waiting "to hear your words."

In its judgement delivered on February 2, 2012, the Supreme Court had quashed 2G spectrum licences given to various firms during the tenure of A Raja as the telecom minister in January 2008.

Special Judge Om Prakash Saini, who delivered judgements in several high-profile criminal cases like the 2G spectrum allocation scam involving politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, in which all the accused were acquitted, retired on Monday.

The Delhi High Court Friday sought response of former Telecom Minister A Raja and others on a plea by the CBI seeking an early hearing on the appeals challenging the trial court's verdict acquitting all accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case.

Senior advocate Anand Grover, who was appointed as special public prosecutor in 2G spectrum allocation cases in 2014, today moved the Supreme Court requesting that he be relieved from all the 2G cases in all courts.

For the second consecutive day during his visit to Kolkata, Vinod Rai, former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India whose report in 2010 pegged notional loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore to the national exchequer due to 2G spectrum allocation in 2008, refused to answer questions on the court's dismissal of the scam as non-existent and former tel...

Fresh out of his acquittal, former telecom minister A Raja has written to his former boss Manmohan Singh whom he was accused of misleading to pull off the 2G scandal. In an emotional letter that also appeared to take a swipe at the former Prime Minister, Mr Raja signalled his disappointment at the former PM not trusting him enough.

Right after Lalu Yadav and 15 others were found guilty of corruption in the fodder scam case by a CBI court in Ranchi yesterday, the BJP hit out at the Congress, an ally of Mr Yadav, and called the UPA an "alliance of corruption". His conviction gave a fresh boost to the BJP's attack on the Congress and its allies dampened in the last few days with...

Videocon Telecommunications is planning to file a compensation claim of over Rs 10,000 crore against the government after the CBI court acquitted all accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, news agency PTI reported today quoting an unnamed company source.

Terming the verdict by the CBI court in the 2G spectrum case as "a slap" on the face of the BJP and others who "exploited it politically", the Shiv Sena today targeted the original whistleblower, former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai.

Two days after they were declared not guilty in the 2G spectrum scam, former telecom minister A Raja and M Kanimozhi of the DMK arrived in Chennai today to a rousing reception at the airport by senior leaders and hundreds of workers of the party.

When Judge OP Saini acquitted the 17 politicians including former Telecom Minister A Raja and corporate executives in India's biggest corruption scandal, he squarely blamed the prosecution for "miserably" failing to prove any charge. The judge's scathing criticism had triggered questions how a case probed by the country's premier Central Bureau of ...

A day after a special court acquitted all accused in the 2G scam, one of the biggest corruption scandals to gut the Manmohan Singh government, Congress president Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he called an "architecture of lies".

After a seven-year-long trial, the verdict in 2G case on Thursday came as a surprise as all 17 accused including former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK leader Kanimozhi were acquitted over lack of evidence.

After a seven-year-long trial, the verdict in 2G case on Thursday came as a surprise as all 17 accused including former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK leader Kanimozhi were acquitted over lack of evidence.

In emotional words, former telecom minister A Raja of the DMK, acquitted by a Delhi court on Thursday in the 2G case, has thanked his party chief M Karunanidhi for his support and has said he is waiting "to hear your words."