HC takes green route, orders 2G case accused to plant 3,000 trees each

March 9, 2019
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HC takes green route, orders 2G case accused to plant 3,000 trees each

Court grants 2 persons, 3 firms named in 2G scam one last chance to file replies against ED’s plea

In a unique ‘cost’ imposed for seeking more time to file response to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) plea challenging their acquittal in the 2G case, the Delhi High Court (HC) asked Swan Telecom’s promoter Shahid Balwa, the director of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables, Rajeev Agarwal, and three firms, namely Dynamic Realty, DB Realty, and Nihar Constructions, to plant 3,000 trees each in the Delhi’s South Ridge forest area.

The said plantation has to be done before the next date of hearing. All the accused persons and companies have been directed by the court to appear before the Deputy Conservator of Forests on February 15 to get the land allocated for the planting of these trees. The people and the companies also have to ensure the upkeep of these plants until the monsoons, the court said.

A single judge Bench of Justice Nazmi Waziri also granted them one final opportunity to file their responses by February 15.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ED had moved the Delhi HC in March 2018 challenging the acquittal of all the accused by a lower court in Delhi. A special CBI court had in December 2017 acquitted all the accused in the case, stating that the blame for the “scam” could not be placed on any of the individuals or the companies due to “lack of clarity” in the telecom policy.

The CBI had, in its plea before the CBI court, alleged that telecom companies were given 2G spectrum and licences at throwaway prices during A Raja’s second term as telecom minister in 2008. All the telecom licences granted in 2008 were quashed by the Supreme Court in 2008. The Comptroller and Auditor General had pegged at R1.76 trillion loss to the exchequer due to the giving away of telecom spectrum and licences at throwaway prices.

Courtesy : Business Standard

2जी घोटाले में शामिल लोग

लगाएं 3,000 पेड़: न्यायालयदिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय ने 2जी मामले में दोशमुक्ति साबित करने के लिए प्रवर्तन निदेशालय को साक्ष्य दाखिल करने हेतु और वक्त मांगे जाने पर न्यायालय ने आज स्वान टेलीकाॅम के प्रमोटर शाहिद बलवा, कुसेगांव फ्रूट्स एंेड वेजीटेबल्स के निदेशक राजीव अग्रवाल और तीन फर्मों डायनमिक रियल्टी, डीबी रियल्टी और निहार कंस्ट्रक्शन को दिल्ली के दक्षिणी रिज वन क्षेत्र में प्रत्येक को 3,000 पौधे लगाने का आदेश दिया है। न्यायालय ने कहा कि यह पौधरोपण अगली सुनवाई के पहले हो जाना चाहिए। सभी दोशी कंपनियों व व्यक्तियों को निर्देश दिया गया है कि वे 15 फरवरी के पहले वन उप संरक्षक के सामने पेश हों, जिससे उन्हें पौधरोपण के लिए जमीन दी जा सके। न्यायालय ने कहा कि व्यक्तियों व कंपनियों को यह भी सुनिश्चित करना होगा कि आगामी माॅनसून तक पौधे सुरक्षित रहें। न्यायमूर्ति नज्मी वजीरी ने उन्हें 15 फरवरी तक अपने जवाब दाखिल करने का अंतिम मौका दे दिया है।