The matter was mentioned before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta. The court allowed it to be listed for hearing tomorrow.
SC observed that the investigation has been going on for long time and people of this country cannot be kept in dark in the sensitive matter like this.
In a letter to DMK leader A Raja, dated January 2, Manmohan Singh said that Raja getting acquitted in the case was a vindication of his stand.
A high-level party meeting chaired by DMK working president MK Stalin yesterday claimed that "some hegemonic forces" had created an "imaginary account" of Rs 1.76 lakh crore loss, a reference to the Comptroller and Auditor General's estimate.
Wading through the crowd, Kanimozhi and Raja assembled at a designated place and received shawls presented by the party cadre.
Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu adjourned the House for the day. Naidu also ordered the live telecast of the proceedings stopped before he adjourned the House.
Besides Raja and Kanimozhi, the special judge also acquitted Shahid Balwa, Vinod Goenka, Asif Balwa, Rajiv Aggarwal, Karim Morani, P Amirtham and Sharad Kumar in connection with the case.
A chronological sequence of events from A Raja's appointment as Telecom minister to the beginning of trial in the high-profile case and its culmination with the acquittal of the accused.
A special court today acquitted Essar Group promoters Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia and others in a case arising out of the 2G scam probe.
Kapil Sibal said his position that there was no wrongdoing in allocation of 2G spectrum under UPA-1 stood vindicated and that the BJP and former CAG Vinod Rai must apologise.
The alleged scam on the issuance of licences and allocation of 2G spectrum by the Department of Telecom occurred during the Congress-led UPA government's first tenure.
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