Govt Has Nothing To Say On Court Order On Airtel Chief: Kapil Sibal


Besides Mittal, Special CBI Judge O P Saini also summoned Essar Group Promoter Ravi Ruia, who was then a Director in one of the accused company Sterling Cellular Ltd and is already facing trial in another case arising out of the probe into the 2G spectrum allocation case, and Asim Ghosh, the then Managing Director of accused firm Hutchison Max Telecom.

The companies have denied to have any kind of involvement in the wrong doing by their officials named in the order.

When asked about the impact that such an order can have on the telecom industry, Sibal said "Everybody knows what the impact is going to be. What was the impact of...2010.I ask you. You know what the impact was... but it’s not under the government control. Courts are independent. Courts are entitled to do what they believe is consistent with the law."

In 2010, Comptroller and Auditor General released its report which estimated that spectrum allocation in 2008 caused national exchequer a notional loss of up to 1.76 lakh crore. On the other hand, investigations were already on by CBI in the spectrum allocation case of 2008 that was later cancelled by the Supreme Court in 2012.

Sibal added that the government can only watch because in the matter of court "there is very little avenue for us to take a position on it."

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Source: PTI