Highlights of the Supreme Court of India’s Judgements in the 2 G Spectrum Allocation Case

In the 2 G Spectrum Allocation Cases, the Supreme Court of India :-

• Cancelled 122 -2 G Licenses granted by former telecom minister A Raja in January 2008 on first -serve basis

• Refused to direct CBI to probe the alleged role of Home Minister P. Chidambaram in the case and asks trial court to decide on the matter within 2 weeks

• Held that Licence for 2 G Spectrum were granted in arbitrary and unconstitutional manner

• Imposed a fine of Rs 5 Crores each on 3 Telecom companies which offloaded their shares after getting the licenses,

• Directed the ‘Regulator TRAI’- to make fresh recommendations of TRAI within a month,

• Directed that the allocation to be done through auction within four months and
  

• Asked CBI to give status reports on investigation to CVC.