India's Supreme Court dismisses all but one review petition in 2G telecom spectrum licences case

New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court of India will hear in open court a petition filed by the Central Indian Government seeking review of its verdict limited to holding its first-come-first-served policy as unconstitutional while cancelling 122 2G spectrum licences but dismissed the remaining 10 petitions including those of seven telecom companies and former telecom minister A Raja. The apex Indian court, which decided to hear on April 13 the Centre's plea seeking review of the February 2 verdict relating to policy, however, rejected its petition to have a re-look into its findings that sanction for prosecution of public servants can be sought even prior to filing of complaints. The Government had sought review of the judgement to the limited extent of policy saying that the apex court has entered into the exclusive domain of the executive and beyond the limits of judicial review. A Bench of Justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan Wednesday said Raja's apprehension that his case in the trial court would be prejudiced due to the verdict cancelling the 2G licences is "not well founded". The companies whose review petitions were dismissed are Videocon Telecommunications Ltd, S Tel Ltd, Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd, Tata Teleservices Ltd, Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Pvt Ltd, Etisalat DB Telecom Pvt Ltd and Idea Cellular Ltd. PTI