No cancellation of 2G licences, says Supreme Court

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Mineguruji

01 February, 2011

CPIL counsel Prashant Bhushan asserted that the licenses of a number of companies were being regularised by the government in lieu of penalties, which went against the spirit of the law.

THE SUPREME Court on Tuesday made it clear that the 2G licences can not be cancelled on the basis of the CAG report alone. The Apex Court also said that any decision on this issue would be depending on the outcome of the several petitions pending before the court.

A Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and K Ganguly said that any action of the government after the filing of the petition, depends on the outcome of the petitions.

These remarks were made on the plea filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) which had asked the court to restrain the government from deciding on the licences of telecom companies, which had not met the roll out obligations.

CPIL counsel Prashant Bhushan asserted that the licences of a number of companies were being regularised by the government in lieu of penalties, which went against the spirit of the law.
The Supreme Court was hearing two petitions in this regard, besides the one filed by CPIL, the other one was filed by Janata Party leader Subramaniam Swamy, who had sought the cancellation of 2G licences allotted during the regime of Telecom minister A Raja.

The Supreme Court has put the next date of hearing of this matter on March 1.

Here it is must be mentioned that due to circumvention of rules and regulations by Telecom Minister A Raja, the Indian exchequer lost a whopping amount of Rs 1,76 lakh crores, according to the CAG report.