NEW DELHI: A special CBI court will hear plea of Subramanian Swamy seeking to make P Chidambaram an accused in the 2G scam at 12:15pm today.
On Thursday, a bench of Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly had left it to the lower court to decide Swamy's application. The apex court had refused to direct CBI to "investigate Chidambaram" saying it was for the trial court to decide.
Special CBI judge O P Saini had, on January 21, reserved the order for February 4 on the plea of Swamy who alleged that Chidambaram was equally culpable like former telecom minister A Raja as he too had a role in deciding spectrum pricing and allowing telecom companies to off-load shares to foreign firms.
The court, on February 1, also halted for two days the ongoing day-to-day trial in the case for considering Swamy's plea against Chidambaram.
Swamy, who concluded arguments in the trial court in support of his plea, had said the evidence brought on record prima facie established that Chidambaram was also culpable like Raja in the case.
He said the evidence brought before the court was sufficient to show that Chidambaram, as the then finance minister, has prima facie committed offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and other criminal laws.
On Thursday, a bench of Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly had left it to the lower court to decide Swamy's application. The apex court had refused to direct CBI to "investigate Chidambaram" saying it was for the trial court to decide.
Special CBI judge O P Saini had, on January 21, reserved the order for February 4 on the plea of Swamy who alleged that Chidambaram was equally culpable like former telecom minister A Raja as he too had a role in deciding spectrum pricing and allowing telecom companies to off-load shares to foreign firms.
The court, on February 1, also halted for two days the ongoing day-to-day trial in the case for considering Swamy's plea against Chidambaram.
Swamy, who concluded arguments in the trial court in support of his plea, had said the evidence brought on record prima facie established that Chidambaram was also culpable like Raja in the case.
He said the evidence brought before the court was sufficient to show that Chidambaram, as the then finance minister, has prima facie committed offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and other criminal laws.
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