2G case: Review petitions filed by govt, telecom companies in Supreme Court today

2G case: Review petitions filed by govt, telecom companies in Supreme Court today:

 "New Delhi:  The Supreme Court will decide today whether to admit a government petition seeking a review of its 2G judgements delivered earlier this year; the government has contended that policy decisions should not be open to judicial review. Apart from the Centre's review petition, those filed by various telecom companies and former Telecom Minister A Raja seeking reconsideration of the 2G judgements, come up in court today. These review petitions will not be heard in open court, but will be decided in the chambers of the Judges - Justice GS Singhvi and Justice KS Radhakrishnan.

 On February 2, the Supreme Court had cancelled 122 licenses granted in 2008 by A Raja, who was Telecom Minister then, for mobile network licences and accompanying second generation or 2G spectrum; the two judges who delivered the verdict said all national resources must be distributed only through an auction.

The licences revoked by the court had been allocated on a first-come-first-served basis by Mr Raja. The judges had said this policy was "fundamentally flawed" partly because it presented an advantage to anyone with access to the "corridors of power."" 'via Blog this'