By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court will resume Monday its hearing on the bail pleas of five corporate executives named co-accused in the second generation (2G) telecom spectrum case and sent to judicial custody by a lower court.
The five accused are Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom, Sanjay Chandra of Unitech and three officials of the Anil Ambani Group: Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara. Justice Ajit Bharihoke Friday heard senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi who represented Goenka.
Justice Bharihoke said, “The matter is listed for May 9. Now the CBI will argue as the defence counsel for all of them have concluded their arguments.”
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had named them co-accused, along with former telecom minister A. Raja, his personal aide R.K. Chandolia, former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura and Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa.
Later, the probe agency also named Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi as co-conspirator in the case, while his wife Dayalu Ammal was listed as a witness.
A sitting Rajya Sabha member, Kanimozhi was named co-conspirator along with Sharad Kumar of Kalaignar TV, Karim Morani of Cineyug Films, and Asif Balwa and Rajiv B. Agarwal of Kusegaon Realty.
Among the accused, Raja, Chandolia, Behura, Shahid Balwa, Asif Balwa, Agarwal, Goenka, Chandra, Doshi and Nair are in judicial custody.
Meanwhile, Pipara who is also in judicial custody, is presently admitted in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).