The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the pleas of Essar Teleholdings Ltd and its promoters challenging the Special CBI court’s jurisdiction to hold trial against them in a case arising out of the probe in 2G spectrum scam, saying their submissions have been rejected earlier.
The court said the grounds raised by the company and its promotors Ravi and Anshuman Ruia were considered by another bench, which had not found merit in their contention that the case be heard by a magisterial court as there was no charge under the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA).
“We are of the view that the petitioners are attempting to raise submissions which have already been rejected by this Court by its judgment dated July 1, 2013,” a Bench comprising Chief Justice HL Dattu and justices AK Sikri and R Nariman said. “We find no infirmity in the impugned judgment. As a result, the appeal and the writ petitions are dismissed,” it said.
An Apex Court Bench had on July 1, 2013, rejected the pleas of Essar Teleholdings and Loop Telecom that they and their promoters cannot be tried in a case by the special CBI court and had directed that all cases pertaining to the scam should be heard by it.