New Delhi, Sept. 13: Pressure mounted on the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to take a firm decision on the communications and information technology minister, Mr A. Raja, with the Supreme Court on Monday issuing notice to the minister in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.
The SC asked the Union government and Mr Raja to reply to petitions alleging a `70,000-crore scam in the grant of telecom licences in 2008. The apex court wanted to know how the CBI did not know against whom investigations were on, despite continuing the process for months and having filed an FIR against certain unknown telecom officials.
After hearing three petitions filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation, a division bench comprising Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly sent notices to the telecom ministry and Mr Raja asking them to file their replies within 10 days.