2G Scam: Supreme Court Wants Names Of 2G Beneficiaries By March 1

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to show the names of beneficiaries (by March 1) before filing the chargesheet. The bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said, “Tell us who are the beneficiaries and conspirators before filing the chargesheet. We will scrutinize the chargesheet.”

The CBI also assured to chargesheet former minister A Raja and his close aides including his private secretary R K Chandolia, Siddharth Behura and DB group chief Shahid Balwa before March 31. The chargesheet would be filed for alleged corruption valuing Rs. 1,76,000 crore when allotting spectrum licenses

Further, the court had asked the CBI to investigate the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) functions and processes from 2003.

Slamming the procedures followed in the allotment of 2G spectrum licenses, the Supreme Court questioned why Finance Ministry officials were not consulted before taking any decision.

“This is the starting point. The exclusion of Secretary, Ministry of Finance, at the most crucial stage and why four important persons who really mattered were excluded must be probed,” the Court said.

The Court also remarked that top authorities of companies including ‘Managing Directors were not summoned.’