NEW DELHI – On Wednesday India's Supreme Court will continue the hearing of a petition by opposition politician Subramanian Swamy seeking permission to prosecute former telecommunications minister A. Raja, who resigned from his post earlier this month.
Mr. Swamy, who is president of the Janata Party, first sought approval to pursue a legal case against Mr. Raja back in 2008. Permission was needed as Mr. Raja was in public office at the time.
Mr. Swamy wanted to pursue a legal case against Raja over the allotment of licenses and spectrum bandwidth to telecom companies in January 2008. He wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in November 2008 seeking approval for the case and then later petitioned the courts.
A lower court dismissed his petition earlier this year, but then a case was filed to the Supreme Court, which began its hearing in September.
Mr. Raja eventually resigned on Nov. 14 over allegations that his ministry in allocated spectrum and telecom licenses in an irregular manner and at discounted prices, resulting in an estimated revenue loss of $40 billion to the government.
2 G scam-Wall street journal
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