The SC on Wednesday declined a plea by mobile phone service providers and other corporate honchos to stay the trial of 2G cases.
‘What we have not done earlier we won’t do now,’ said the bench, as senior counsel Ram Jethmalani and other lawyers for the telecom companies sought a stay of the proceedings. Jethmalani urged the trial be put on hold as the apex court had said it would hear Oct 29 the petitions by Reliance Telecom, Essar Teleholdings and other accused seeking the quashing of charges against them by the 2G court.
The senior counsel said clause 8 of the guidelines said an applicant should not have more than 10 percent in the company of other service provider only at the time of getting the licence and not at the stage of making the application for a licence.
‘What we have not done earlier we won’t do now,’ said the bench, as senior counsel Ram Jethmalani and other lawyers for the telecom companies sought a stay of the proceedings. Jethmalani urged the trial be put on hold as the apex court had said it would hear Oct 29 the petitions by Reliance Telecom, Essar Teleholdings and other accused seeking the quashing of charges against them by the 2G court.
The senior counsel said clause 8 of the guidelines said an applicant should not have more than 10 percent in the company of other service provider only at the time of getting the licence and not at the stage of making the application for a licence.