Jan. 10: While refusing to take cognisance of the communications minister, Mr Kapil Sibal’s claim that there was no loss to the government in allocation of 2G spectrum during the tenure of his predecessor, Mr A. Raja, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and 11 telecom companies on a petition for cancelling their 2G licences for allegedly failing to roll out services.
The notices were issued on a PIL claiming that the 2G spectrum licences awarded to the 11 companies were liable to be cancelled for their “failure” to meet “rollout obligations” as stipulated in the deal itself.
A bench comprising Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly gave the Centre, Trai and the 11 companies three weeks to submit their affidavits.
The notices were issued on PIL filed by the NGO, Centre for PIL, and seven citizens.