New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will on Monday start its day-to-day hearings on the appeals challenging acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.
A bench of Justice Brijesh Sethi will hear the matter.
Earlier in September, the high court allowed the pleas of the two investigative agencies for early hearing in the ‘leave to appeal’ applications, scheduled earlier for October 12, and listed the matter for arguments on October 5.
Leave to appeal is a formal permission granted by a court to a party to challenge a decision in a higher court.
The agencies' early hearing pleas were opposed by the counsels for acquitted individuals and firms on the ground that they had not shown the urgency so far and expressed apprehension that it will be difficult to connect with the clients and they will not be able to make effective submissions.
The court has extensively heard the CBI in the matter, from October 24, 2019 till January 15, 2020, almost on a day-to-day basis and hearings could not continue from March due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are three cases pending with the court -- two CBI and one ED.
A special court had on December 21, 2017 acquitted Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others in CBI and ED cases related to the scam.
The special court had also acquitted Essar Group promoters Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia, Loop Telecom promoters I P Khaitan and Kiran Khaitan and four others in a separate case arising out of the 2G scam probe.
In March 2018, the ED and CBI had approached the high court challenging the special court''s order acquitting all the accused.
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