Author: Dhananjay Mahapatra
Publication: The Times of India
Date: March 31, 2011
URL: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-31/india/29365777_1_status-report-spectrum-scam-cbi-investigation
The UPA-2 government had challenged the Comptroller
and Auditor General's report that blew the lid off the 2G spectrum scam and
its estimated loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore, but the Supreme Court virtually
endorsed the auditor's findings and said they tally with those of Central
Bureau of Investigation. ( Read: CBI told to get special prosecutor for 2G
case )
Presenting details of the CBI investigation
to a bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly on Tuesday, senior
advocate K K Venugopal animatedly read out how former telecom minister A Raja
brushed aside concerns raised by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Venugopal said Raja paid no heed to the PM's
letter on spectrum and read out from CBI's probe status report similar objections
raised by other ministries. "None of the objections and concerns was
looked into," he said.
After Venugopal took the court through a major
portion of the CBI's status report, the bench said, "This is virtually
all which was found out by the CAG."
