2G scam: SC to hear bail pleas of ADAG executives
The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear the bail pleas of three jailed corporate executives of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), arrested in connection with 2G spectrum allocation scam.
The bail petitions of ADAG Managing Director Gautam Doshi, President Surendra Pipara and Senior Vice President Hari Nair are listed for hearing before a bench headed by Justice GS Singhvi.
The trio have challenged the rejection of their bail plea by the Delhi High Court which had on May 23 said "the gravity of the offence itself is sufficient to deny bail". They are in jail since April 20.
Their bail applications are coming up for hearing a day after all the 17 accused completed their arguments opposing the framing of charges against them in a trial court.
CBI had in its first charge sheet filed on April 2 specified the role of Reliance Telecom (RTL) and its three top officials for their "complicity" in 2G spectrum allocation scam case.
Doshi, Pipara and Nair, along with the company, have been chargesheeted for entering into a criminal conspiracy to cheat the government by getting licenses in an illegal manner.