2G verdict: All 17 acquitted for lack of evidence; CBI to move Delhi HC

Special court judge blames CBI for 'directionless and diffident' prosecution

A Special Court on Thursday morning ruled that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had failed to prove charges of corruption, abuse of position, conspiracy, and money laundering against former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja, industry captains, including Essar promoters Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia, and former bureaucrats in the so-called second generation or 2G spectrum allocation scam. 

The judgment acquitting all 17 accused (individuals and companies), that took the world by surprise, came eight years after investigations began