HC asks CBI to provide trial court records to Raja, others in 2G scam cases

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today asked the CBI to provide digitised records of the trial court proceedings in the 2G spectrum case to former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others whose acquittal in the matter has been challenged by the agency. The same direction was issued by Justice Najmi Waziri in relation to a case arising out of the probe in 2G scam and in which Essar Group promoters Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia and six others were acquitted by the trial court.

The court gave the CBI two weeks’ time to provide the digitised records and six weeks to Raja and others to file their replies to the agency’s appeals and listed the two matters for further hearing on February 7.