A special court, hearing the 2G scam case, fixed 8 July for further proceedings in the additional 2G spectrum allocation case on Monday.
The court has summoned Airtel’s Sunil Mittal, Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia and others as accused.
Special CBI judge O P Saini deferred the matter as the Supreme Court on 26 April had issued a notice to CBI on Mittal’s plea challenging the summons issued against him and had said that the proceedings in the trial court will remain postponed until further orders.
It had also exempted Ruia and Mittal from personal appearance before the trial court and had given four weeks time to CBI to file its response followed by three weeks time to Mittal to file a rejoinder to the CBI’s reply
Ghosh, who was the then managing director of accused firm Hutchison Max Telecom Pvt Ltd, is yet to be served with the summons issued against him in the case.
Mittal and Ruia did not appear in the special CBI court. Former telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh, also an accused in the case, appeared before the court. After the recusal of the two judges, a new bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir is hearing Mittal and Ruia’s plea challenging the summoning order of the trial court.
Earlier, Mittal and Ruia had appeared before the trial court and had furnished personal bonds in pursuance to the order of the apex court.
The special court had on 19 March summoned Mittal, Ruia, who was then a director in one of the accused companies Sterling Cellular Ltd and Asim Ghosh.
CBI, in its chargesheet, had named the three telecom companies as accused in the case relating to the allocating additional spectrum which had allegedly resulted in a loss of Rs 846 crore to the exchequer.
The court has summoned Airtel’s Sunil Mittal, Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia and others as accused.
Special CBI judge O P Saini deferred the matter as the Supreme Court on 26 April had issued a notice to CBI on Mittal’s plea challenging the summons issued against him and had said that the proceedings in the trial court will remain postponed until further orders.
It had also exempted Ruia and Mittal from personal appearance before the trial court and had given four weeks time to CBI to file its response followed by three weeks time to Mittal to file a rejoinder to the CBI’s reply
Ghosh, who was the then managing director of accused firm Hutchison Max Telecom Pvt Ltd, is yet to be served with the summons issued against him in the case.
Mittal and Ruia did not appear in the special CBI court. Former telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh, also an accused in the case, appeared before the court. After the recusal of the two judges, a new bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir is hearing Mittal and Ruia’s plea challenging the summoning order of the trial court.
Earlier, Mittal and Ruia had appeared before the trial court and had furnished personal bonds in pursuance to the order of the apex court.
The special court had on 19 March summoned Mittal, Ruia, who was then a director in one of the accused companies Sterling Cellular Ltd and Asim Ghosh.
CBI, in its chargesheet, had named the three telecom companies as accused in the case relating to the allocating additional spectrum which had allegedly resulted in a loss of Rs 846 crore to the exchequer.