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New Delhi: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal came in for severe criticism by the Supreme Court for his press statements questioning the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report in the 2G spectrum scam case. The Supreme Court bench of Justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly on Friday castigated Sibal, saying the minister should behave responsibly and ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to carry out investigations in the 2G scam without being influenced by any statement made in press. "It is unfortunate. The minister should behave with some sense of responsibility," the court said.
The court also issued notices to 11 telecom companies and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on a petition by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy seeking cancellation of telecom licences.
Swamy said that Sibal should quit after being pulled up by the Supreme Court
"Justice Ganguly said that Kapil Sibal's statement was most unfortunate. This is a rap on the knuckles of Kapil Sibal, either he should improve or he should get out," said Swamy.
"The bench said that we hope that CBI will not come under any influence and will listen to the court only. Supreme Court said that CBI should consider CAG report and continue investigating prima facie the CAG report. I have also appealed that these licenses should be auctioned again on teh lines of petrol pump," he said.
According to the CAG report the allocation of 2G spectrum during the tenure of former telecom minister A Raja cost the national exchequer a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore.
