New Delhi, January 04: Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy today moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the 2G spectrum licences alloted during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A Raja allegedly in violation of all norms and procedure causing huge loss to the state exchequer.
The PIL filed by Swamy sought a direction to the government for holding a fresh auction for eligible entities for all the 122 licences in 22 circles across the country.
He alleged the allotment of spectrum, which according to the CAG report has caused a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the state exchequer, has been sustained despite judgments of the Delhi High Court that struck down the policy of allocating radio waves at the 2001 price on first-come-first-served basis in 2007-08.
–Agencies