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The special judge, Mr O.P. Saini, made some sharp comments while framing charges against the accused in the 2G case. Here are some:
ON CONSPIRACY
“The conspiracy started after accused A Raja became Minister of communications and IT … ...the conspiracy continued till the last tranche of money, Rs 50 crore, was received by Kalaignar TV on August 7, 2009, as illegal gratification."
“The allegations and the evidence on record prima facie suggest that this amount of Rs 200 crore was meant as bribe for accused A Raja in consideration of issuance of Letters of Intents for allocation of Unified Access Services Licence and allocation of spectrum to Swan Telecom, which was ultimately received by Kalaignar TV... the submission made by accused persons that there is no evidence about existence of any criminal conspiracy is contrary to the record."
On seeking investment
“The supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law has to be maintained and the same cannot be allowed to be compromised in the garb of fresh investment. Affordability of mobile phones does not mean that public servant would start subverting the law and filling up their own pockets by taking bribes.”
On loss to exchequer
“..in my humble view, rightly as in such situation it is not possible for anyone to calculate the exact amount of loss...Though, the exact amount of pecuniary loss to the exchequer, if it could have been determined, is always better… …Loss or quantification of loss in exact term is not the essential requirement of offence of criminal conspiracy to cheat or to commit criminal misconduct.”
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