New Delhi: A Delhi court today allowed former Telecom Minister A Raja's plea to appear before it via video-conferencing.
Wary of being transported with under-trials in a crowded jail van, A Raja had moved a plea to conduct judicial proceedings through video-conferencing in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.
Raja is in Tihar Jail, under judicial custody till March 3, along with Swam Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, former Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura and his personal secretary R K Chandolia.
Raja was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 2
Though the agency has pegged the loss due to spectrum allocation at Rs. 22,000 crore based on the calculations made by the Central Vigilance Commissioner, the government's auditor had, in its report, projected a presumptive loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore
Wary of being transported with under-trials in a crowded jail van, A Raja had moved a plea to conduct judicial proceedings through video-conferencing in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.
Raja is in Tihar Jail, under judicial custody till March 3, along with Swam Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, former Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura and his personal secretary R K Chandolia.
Raja was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 2
The probe agency had lodged an FIR on October 21, 2009 against some unnamed persons in the case, and arrested Raja and others under various provisions of the IPC dealing with criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Though the agency has pegged the loss due to spectrum allocation at Rs. 22,000 crore based on the calculations made by the Central Vigilance Commissioner, the government's auditor had, in its report, projected a presumptive loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore
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