The Supreme Court has termed the bypassing of the Prime Minister's reservations by the Telecom Ministry as improper. The court made the observation today while asking the government several questions on its policy for allocating 2G spectrum. A Bench compricing Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said the Prime Minister had made his reservations clear which was not treated with respect. There are requirements of collective responsibility. The bench said Government is not like a private business house. Its action has to be reasonable and in publicinterest.Observing that there is more than what meets the eyes, the judges said only 45 minutes were given to prospective licensees for submitting documents including demand draft and completing other formalities. They said the entire system has been brought to disrepute.The court was hearing a petition filed by an NGO – Centre for Public Interest Litigation on the spectrum scam. The observations were made while Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium was making submission on the policy related to the spectrum allocation. Subramanium said, there needs to be more transparent procedure.
News On AIR | December 1, 2010 5:45 PM
SC terms bypassing of PM's reservations by Telecom Ministry as improper