2G scam: Court dismisses Swamy's plea against Chidambaram

Saturday 04 February, 2012: In a huge relief to Home Minister P Chidambaram and to the UPA Government, a Delhi court on Saturday threw out a plea to make him an accused in the 2G case holding that he did not indulge in any criminal conspiracy or derived any pecuniary advantage in the decisions taken with former Telecom Minister A Raja.

Giving a clean chit to the finance minister at the time of controversial allocation of 2G spectrum in 2008, Special CBI Judge O P Saini, said Chidambaram was party to only two decisions--keeping spectrum prices at 2001 level and dilution of equity by two companies--which "are not per se criminal".

Apart from being a matter of relief personally for Chidambaram, today's verdict is also the first good things for the UPA Government that has been battered by a series of judicial pronouncements in the recent days in the 2G and other issues. ......Read More