New Delhi, Jan 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the bail petitions of A Raja's former Private Secretary R K Chandolia and former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, accused in the 2G spectrum case, and issued notice to CBI on their pleas.
A bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi also extended the interim stay on the Delhi High Court's order which had put on hold the bail granted to Chandolia by the trial court.
With today's order Chandolia, who was granted bail by the trial court, will remain out of jail till the next date of hearing.
Out of the 14 accused persons, 12 have already been granted bail and only the prime accused, former telecom minister A Raja and Behura are left behind the bars.
The bench had agreed to examine Chandolia's plea against the high court's suo-motu decision to stay the grant of bail to him by the special court on December 1 2011 and was released from Tihar Jail the same day.
A. Raja was forced to resign from the Union Cabinet in 2010 after the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) faulted him for undervaluing spectrum to favour companies who were largely ineligible for 2G spectrum, and added that the government had probably lost Rs.1.76 lakh crore in estimated revenue.
The telecom scam, is one of India's biggest graft cases ever, may have cost 39.57 billion in revenue to the public exchequer according to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). (ANI)
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