New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the bail plea of five corporate honchos in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.
The apex court reserved the order on the bail applications of Sanjay Chandra, Vivek Goenka and three Reliance executives.
Unitech Wireless' MD Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom's Director Vinod Goenka and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group's executives Hari Nair, Gautam Doshi and Surrendra Pipara appeared in court for the hearing.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had instructed its lawyer to oppose their bail plea.
The CBI decided to oppose the bail pleas on Sunday, days after it did not object to the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others in the trial court.
Sources in the investigating agency confirmed that it had instructed the lawyer to oppose the plea of corporate executives.
However, the agency on October 24 did not oppose the bail plea of Kanimozhi, Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Asif Balwa, Rajiv Agarwal and Bollywood producer Karim Morani before a special CBI court.
It had, however, opposed bail plea of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa and A Raja's former private secretary RK Chandolia in the trial court.
Monday's proceedings in the Supreme Court assumed significance as the apex court had earlier said the accused in the 2G scam could seek bail after framing of charges against them which was done on October 22. Other accused in the case include former telecom minister A Raja, former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura and three telecom firms Reliance Telecom Ltd, Swan Telecom and Unitech (Tamil Nadu) Wireless Ltd.
All the accused have pleaded that they have not done anything wrong and refuted the charge of drawing illegal benefits in allocation of 2G spectrum.
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