NEW DELHI: As the Supreme Court opens Monday after a week-long holiday, it will further hear the plea by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the role of then finance minister and present Home Minister P. Chidambram in deciding the 2G spectrum price along with the then communication minister A. Raja.
Besides this, a bench of Justice G.S.Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly will hold further hearing on the plea by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) seeking monitoring and supervision of the CBI probe into 2G scam by two to three independent experts on a day-to-day basis.
The CBI has opposed the CPIL’s plea for appointment of two to three people of “good reputation and experience to oversee and monitor the CBI investigation”.The agency told the court that such a plea by the CPIL was based on its “lack of knowledge of the facts of the investigation and their appreciation”.
Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal, appearing for the probe agency, had contended that such a move could hamper the investigation and could even retard its pace.
Besides Venugopal, senior counsel P.P.Rao has opposed Swamy’s plea seeking a CBI probe against Chidambaram.
The central government has taken exception to CPIL counsel Prashant Bhushan’s contention that the CBI investigation into 2G scam was less than honest. (IANS)
