New Delhi, May 23 (). In December 2017, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested former Telecom Minister A.K. A new angle has been presented before the Delhi High Court in its appeal against the acquittal of the main accused, including Raja, and the companies involved in the infamous scam.
The CBI’s counsel has challenged the trial court’s decision, claiming that it was replete with erroneous conclusions and lacked a sound legal basis.
The appeal comes after the CBI initially completed its arguments on the matter of leave to appeal.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma listed the matter for hearing on Tuesday, noting that the appeal was partially heard and earlier asked it to be listed on a day-to-day basis.
According to the CBI counsel, the case revolves around five major issues of misconduct, namely collusion between government officials and telecom operators, manipulation of cut-off date, violation of principle of first-come-first-served, revision of entry fee , and the presence of Rs 200 crore money mark.
The counsel further submitted that the illegal acts of the accused resulted in a huge loss of Rs 22,000 crore to the exchequer.
Simultaneously, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also filed an appeal challenging the acquittal of all the accused in a related money-laundering case, which is currently pending before the court.
The high court had on April 23 asked the CBI, ED, Raja and other parties to present their arguments in the appeal filed against the acquittal of the defendants and companies in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
SGK
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