The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed senior officers of various agencies – CBI, Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate probing into cases related to the 2G spectrum allocation scam – to hold fortnightly meetings to achieve better coordination of their work.
Keeping in view the nature of the case, senior officers of the three agencies – CBI, Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate – shall meet fortnightly and discuss all aspects of the progress into the investigation, a bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan said. The court also asked the CBI to make available the copies of the latest probe report to the other two agencies.
Meanwhile, the Special CBI court hearing 2G scam case on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 250 on a counsel of two accused for unnecessarily raising objections during the proceeding to delay the trial.
Special CBI Judge OP Saini imposed the cost on advocate Vijay Aggarwal, the counsel for accused Rajiv Agarwal and Asif Balwa, both directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd, after he objected to CBI Prosecutor A K Singh showing some documents to a prosecution witness S Meenakshi, a deputy registrar of companies (ROC) at Chennai.
Aggarwal raised objection when Singh showed the witness some documents, including copies of audit reports, balance sheet and others documents of Kalaignar TV (P) Limited for year ending on March 31, 2008. The TV channle’s director Sharad Kumar too is facing trial in the case.
The defence counsel objected to it saying the documents shown to the witness were photocopies and there is no certificate attached with it under the provisions of the Evidence Act and also that it is not authenticated in terms of the provisions of the Companies Act.
The prosecutor countered Aggarwal’s objection saying the documents belonged to Kalaignar TV (P) Limited and no objection has been raised regarding this by the concerned accused -- Kumar and DMK MP Kanimozhi.
The court imposed the fine on Aggarwal saying ‘In this case, not only the documents have been certified but the officer of ROC herself is present in the court to authenticate and prove the documents. The objection has been taken just to delay the trial and is overruled with cost of Rs 250.’
The CBI charge sheet alleged that illegal gratification of over Rs 200 crore was routed to DMK-run Kalaignar TV (P) Limited from Dynamix Realty through Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd and Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd.
Keeping in view the nature of the case, senior officers of the three agencies – CBI, Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate – shall meet fortnightly and discuss all aspects of the progress into the investigation, a bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan said. The court also asked the CBI to make available the copies of the latest probe report to the other two agencies.
Meanwhile, the Special CBI court hearing 2G scam case on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 250 on a counsel of two accused for unnecessarily raising objections during the proceeding to delay the trial.
Special CBI Judge OP Saini imposed the cost on advocate Vijay Aggarwal, the counsel for accused Rajiv Agarwal and Asif Balwa, both directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd, after he objected to CBI Prosecutor A K Singh showing some documents to a prosecution witness S Meenakshi, a deputy registrar of companies (ROC) at Chennai.
Aggarwal raised objection when Singh showed the witness some documents, including copies of audit reports, balance sheet and others documents of Kalaignar TV (P) Limited for year ending on March 31, 2008. The TV channle’s director Sharad Kumar too is facing trial in the case.
The defence counsel objected to it saying the documents shown to the witness were photocopies and there is no certificate attached with it under the provisions of the Evidence Act and also that it is not authenticated in terms of the provisions of the Companies Act.
The prosecutor countered Aggarwal’s objection saying the documents belonged to Kalaignar TV (P) Limited and no objection has been raised regarding this by the concerned accused -- Kumar and DMK MP Kanimozhi.
The court imposed the fine on Aggarwal saying ‘In this case, not only the documents have been certified but the officer of ROC herself is present in the court to authenticate and prove the documents. The objection has been taken just to delay the trial and is overruled with cost of Rs 250.’
The CBI charge sheet alleged that illegal gratification of over Rs 200 crore was routed to DMK-run Kalaignar TV (P) Limited from Dynamix Realty through Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd and Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd.