Jun 3, 2011
NEW DELHI: In a major relief to Reliance ADAG chairman Anil Ambani, Tata Group chief Ratan Tata, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and DMK chief M Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal, the CBI Special Judge O P Saini on Thursday dismissed two private complaints demanding that the CBI should be directed to include their names in the list of accused in the 2G scam.
Judge O P Saini also imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 each on Delhi-based scribe M Furquan and Ghaziabad’s scrap dealer Dharmender Pandey for filing complaints in this regard without giving sufficient material evidences. The court also directed both the complainants to deposit the cost within three days from Thursday.
Citing reasons for dismissing these applications, the judge said: “These applications are not supported by any material, but the material attached with these applications is almost entirely on the court record before me.” The judge further said: “In brief, the investigation is still in progress under Section 173 (8) CrPc and the applicants may take benefit of that, if they had any grievances against anyone.”
“Secondly, the cognisance of the police case has already been taken and no further investigation can be ordered by the court at the instance of third parties/applicants, who are not even remotely connected with these issue. The police case cannot be altered beyond recognition at the instance of third parties, whose motives are unknown and are also not in possession of any new evidence. It is not a case of extreme injustice at the hands of investigating agency, more so, when further investigation is still in progress.”
Balwa Allowed to File RTI Plea
Judge Saini on Thursday allowed jailed 2G accused Shahid Balwa, promoter of Swan Telecom, to file three RTI applications to obtain transcripts of recorded conversations between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, politicians, corporate executives and journalists besides the CBI’s case diaries.
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