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| 2G spectrum case | 5/9 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2G_spectrum_case | reference | science, encyclopedia | 2026-05-05T14:10:45.635270+00:00 | kb-cron |
=== 2011 === 4 January: Swamy petitions the SC for cancellation of the licenses. 10 January: Supreme Court notifies the government of Swamy's petition, and issues notices to 11 companies which allegedly did not fulfill the roll-out obligations or were ineligible. 30 January: The government's decision to regularise the licenses of companies which failed to meet the deadline is challenged in the Supreme Court. 2 February: Raja, former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura and Raja's former personal secretary, R. K. Chandolia, are arrested. 8 February: Raja is remanded to two more days of CBI custody, and Behura and Chandolia are placed in judicial custody. Swan Telecom corporate promoter Shahid Usman Balwa is arrested. 10 February: The Supreme Court asks the CBI to investigate corporations which were beneficiaries of the spectrum allocation. Raja and Balwa are remanded to CBI custody for four more days by a special CBI court. 14 February: Raja's custody is extended by three days, and Balwa's for four. 17 February: Raja is sent to Tihar Jail under judicial custody. 18 February: The Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation questions Kani Mozhi at its Chennai headquarters. 25 February: The Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation tells a Delhi court that Balwa facilitated transactions to Kalaignar TV. 28 February: Raja requests video-conferenced judicial proceedings, saying that he is threatened by other inmates. 1 March: The CBI tells the SC that 63 people are under investigation. Raja appears in CBI court via video-conference. 11 March: The Delhi High Court establishes a special court. Balwa is also allowed to appear via video-conference. 17 March: The SC reserves judgment on licence cancellations, rejecting corporate claims that estoppel cannot be applied to protect illegality. 29 March: The SC allows the CBI to file its chargesheet on 2 April instead of 31 March. Asif Balwa and Rajeev Agarwal are arrested. 2 April: The CBI files its first chargesheet. 25 April: The CBI files a second chargesheet, and Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar and Karim Morani are summoned. 6 May: Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar appear, requesting bail, and Morani requests an appearance exemption on medical grounds. The SC issues a contempt of court notice to Sahara India Pariwar managing director Subrata Roy and two others for alleged interference in the Directorate General of Economic Enforcement investigation. 7 May: The special CBI court reserves judgment on Kanimozhi and Kumar's bail requests. 14 May: The special CBI court postpones judgment on the bail pleas for 20 May. 20 May: The special court refuses Kanimozhi and Kumar's bail requests, ordering their arrest to prevent witness-tampering. 8 June: Delhi HC judge Ajit Bharihoke again refuses bail Kanimozhi and Kumar's bail requests. 20 June: The SC refuses Kanimozhi's bail request. 25 July: Arguments begin, with Raja wanting to summon the prime minister and former finance minister P. Chidambaram as witnesses. 26 August: The special CBI court allows Subramanian Swamy to argue his own case, primarily to address possible loopholes in its investigation. 30 August: The Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation freezes accounts and attaches properties worth ₹223 crore (US$24 million) belonging to five companies (primarily related to DB Realty under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)). 1 September: The Enforcement Directorate files a status report in Supreme Court of a Foreign Exchange Management Act violation of ₹ 100 billion. 15 September: Swamy requests that P. Chidambaram should be charged. 22 September: The CBI defends Chidambaram in the SC, blaming the DoT. 26 September: The CBI requests criminal-breach-of-trust charges for Raja, Chandolia and Behura. 19 October: The CBI files a First Information Report against Maran and his brother in the Aircel-Maxis deal. 10 October: The SC reserves judgment on Swamy's request for a probe of Home Minister Chidambaram's role in the matter. The CBI arrests former telecom minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran and his brother, Kalanithi Maran. 22 October: The special CBI court finds prima facie evidence to try the 17 accused (including Raja) on charges including criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, cheating and forgery. 3 November: The special CBI court dismisses bail requests of all eight applicants, including Kanimozhi. 8 November: The special court orders CBI to provide Swamy with copies of files on equity sales by telecom companies in its investigation of P. Chidambaram's involvement. 9 November: The Delhi HC refuses bail to Karim Morani on health grounds, promising a ruling to the CBI on five other bail requests by 1 December. 11 November: Trial of the 17 accused begins in the Patiala House special CBI court. 14 November: The United Progressive Alliance government asks the SC to restrain Swamy from publicly accusing the UPA leadership, especially Home Minister P Chidambaram and UPA chair Sonia Gandhi. 22 November: The special court moves the trial to the Tihar jail, after a Delhi high-court order. 23 November: The SC grants bail to five corporate executives: Sanjay Chandra of Unitech Wireless, Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom and the Reliance Group's Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nayar. 28 November: The Delhi High Court grants bail to DMK MP Kanimozhi and four others: Karim Morani, Sharad Kumar, Asif Balwa and Rajeev Agarwal, upholding the principle of parity under Section 144 of the Constitution of India in a SC order. 29 November: The special court grants bail to Shahid Balwa, citing the principle of parity; the SC and HC had granted bail to 10 other accused parties. 1 December: The special court grants bail to Raja's former private secretary, R. K. Chandolia, ordering him not to visit the DoT without prior court permission. 2 December: Claiming suo motu, the HC stays trial-court bail granted to R. K. Chandolia. 7 December: The SC stays the HC's suo motu order against Chandolia's bail request. 8 December: The special CBI court accepts Swamy's request to summon Chidambaram as a witness and question two witnesses: senior CBI and Finance Ministry officials. 12 December: The CBI files a third chargesheet, naming Essar Group corporate promoters Ravi Ruia, his son Anshuman Ruia and its director of strategy and planning, Vikas Saraf, and Loop Telecom promoters Kiran Khaitan and her husband, I P Khaitan. It also charges Loop Mobile India, its subsidiary Loop Telecom and Essar Tele Holding. 16 December: The HC rejects the bail request of Siddharth Behura: "He was the 'perpetrator' of the illegal designs of Raja and would not claim benefit of parity with 10 others released on bail".