New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI): The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the petition against Telecom Minister A Raja for allegedly causing huge revenue loss due to distribution of 2G spectrum.
A bench comprising Justice GS Singhvi and Justice AK Ganguly would hear the two petitions filed by one NGO CPIL and Subramanian Swamy alleging Rs 70,000 crore corruption in the entire spectrum allocation.
The Telecom Ministry has claimed that new licences and 2G spectrum was distributed as per the existing policy which were followed by all his predecessors as well.
The hearing comes in the midst of a report by government auditor CAG, which is reported to have found a revenue loss of up to Rs 1.76 lakh crore.
PM, Sonia meet Congress leaders over Raja: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi met senior party leaders here today, with the Opposition having stalled Parliament last week to demand the ouster of Telecom Minister A Raja over the 2G spectrum scam.
The leaders met informally in Parliament House after paying tributes to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary, sources said adding Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Sonia Gandhi, were also present.
Congress sources said the party has already stated that a decision on continuation of Raja in the Cabinet had to be taken by alliance partner DMK. They also pointed to Raja's remarks that a lobby opposing mobile number portability was targeting him.
