2G scam:Court rejects plea against Ambani, Tata, Radia, Dayalu

New Delhi, Jun 2 (PTI) A Delhi court on Thursday
dismissed pleas for a direction to the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) to make Reliance ADAG chairman Anil
Ambani, Tata group Chief Ratan Tata, corporate lobbyist Niira
Radia and DMK (Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam) chief M
Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal, as accused in the 2G spectrum
scam.
Special CBI Judge O P Saini also imposed a cost of Rs
10,000 each on Delhi-based scribe M Furquan and Ghaziabad's
scrap dealer Dharmender Pandey for filing complaints in this
regard.
"The applications are not only devoid of any substance
but are also contrary to law and deserve to be dismissed with
heavy cost as application after application of this nature are
being filed by third parties resulting into loss of precious
time of the court.
"However, I am inclined to take a little lenient view
as far as cost is concerned. Accordingly, both applications
are dismissed, subject to nominal cost of Rs 10,000 each," the
judge said.
The court also directed both the complainants to
deposit the cost within three days from Thursday, failing
which warrants shall be issued against them.

The complainants had earlier told the court that CBI
was "deliberately" suppressing the facts against Ambani and
"overlooking" the role of Tata and Radia in the scam.
Furquan and Pandey had also alleged in their
separate private complaints that CBI, country's premier
investigation agency, was not looking into the matter and
trying to protect them.
The court on May 25 had also slapped a fine of Rs
10,000 on a journalist seeking a direction for CBI to make
some telecom companies like Videocon-owned Datacom, S-tel,
Aircel and Maxis as accused in the case.