<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today dismissed former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran's plea and asked him to face trial in illegal telephone exchange case. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The case is related to the alleged setting up of illegal telephone exchanges to benefit Maran's brother's Sun TV Network. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Maran had challenged the Madras High Court's July 25 decision setting aside a CBI court order discharging him in the case. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, R Banumathi and Navin Sinha said, it is not inclined to interfere in the matter.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The CBI has alleged that Maran had misused his official position when he was minister for communications and information technology in the UPA-1 government.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to CBI, over 700 high- end telecommunication lines were installed at Maran's residences in Chennai for which bills were not raised, causing the exchequer a loss of 1 crore 78 lakh rupees. </span><br />''