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INTHESUPREMECQURTOFINDIA
I•
CIVILAPPELLATEJURISDICTIONSPECIAL.LEAVEPETITION(CIVIL)NO.24873OF2010
Inthematterof:.CentreforPublicInterestLitigation
&
Ors.Versus...PetitionersUnion
of
India
&
Ors..,Pespondents
COUNTERAFFIDAVITONBEHALF·OFRESPONDENTNO.1
I.SitaRamMeena.agedabout34years,working
ar,Asslsta-it
Director
General
(AS·I),OEipartme~t
otTelecommunlcatlons,
Governmentof
India,
SancharShawan,
AshokaRoad,
New
Deihl110001,do
hereby
solemnlyaffirm
anddeclareonoathas
under:
1.I
am
working
as
the
Assistant
DirectorGeneral(AS-I),
Department
ofTelecommunlcancns,Governmentof
India
and
amacquaintedwith
',.
thefuctsoftheinstant
case
on
the
basisofofficialrecords.Iam
,
.
i
competentand
authorised
toswear
this
Counter-Affidavit.Attheoutset,the
Ieponent
denies
eachandeveryaverment.'
,
.
contentionandsubmissionmade
by
the
Petitioners
intheSpecialLeave
Petition
aswellasintheir
Applicationsfor
bringingonrecordadditionaldocuments.Nothingcontainedthereinshouldbetakenas
admittedunlessexpresslyadmitted,in
thisCounter-Affidavit.3.ThisCounter-AffidavitisbeingfiledforthelimitedpurposeofopposingthisSpecial
Leave
Petition.
The
AnsweringRespondent
"
2
I
"
-
.,
requeststhat
he
maybepermittedtofilea.furtherdetaileda'<ficiaviL
f
sorequiredsubsequently.
I.
PRELIMINARYSUBMISSIONS
4.
The
Answering
RespondentsubmitsthatFIRNo.RC-D.
\1.200Q.A-
0045dated21.10.2009hasbeen
registered
by
the~BIunderSection120-8of
the
Indian
PenalCod'eread
withSection13(2)
readwith
13(1)(d)
of
thePreventionofCorruption
Act1988against
certainu~~nown
offi91als
of
Department
of
Telecommunication.
unknownprivatepers9nslcompaniesand
other'S.
The
prayer
of
tile
Petlti1mersbeforetheiHon'ble
DelhlHlghcourt
wasthateitherthe
.;!
inv~stlgation
should
be
monltore~
~yi
theCourtorbe
handed
overtoaSpeciallnvestiga~ve-r:~am.(at.page114oftheSLP).5.ThelimitedquestionthatfallsfortheconsiderationofthisHon'ble.
Court
In
this
Spec.lal
LeavePetitionIswhether
theHon'ble
Delhi
.
HighCourtwasjustifiedIndl~mlsslngthewritpetitionfiled
by
thePetitioners.TheHon'bleHighCourthasfollowedthejudgementofthisHon'bleCourtIn
.Klmga
'NimaLepcha
v
State
ofSikkim,
reported
in
(2010)4
SCC'''513.
and
held
thatinIIgl,t
of.the
aforesaid
.judgement.
it
was.notin~lIne~toexerciseits.extraordlnaryjurisdictionf9r
directing
monitoring
of
theInvestigationoftheCBt.6.It
is
respectfullysubmittedthattheHon'bleHighCourt's
judgementdeclining
toexerciseItsextraordinaryjurisdictiondoes
notcallfor
anyinterference
.from
this
Hon'ble
Court.
TDe
I~gal
position
is
well
>•
settled
thatCourts
will
not
Interfere
with
ormonitorinvestigations
exceptinrareandextraordlnarvcj~cumstances,where
the
materials
;.;:
..
3
0/1
recordwouldclearlyestablishtl)atOCfor
exarnpls)
witnessesare
.'I
beingthreatened,evidence
,is
beingdestroyed
or
theinvestigation
i';;
notbeingdoneIn'apropermanner.Thatisno:the
situation
inthe
instantcase,7,EvenIntheSpecialLeavePetition,thePetitione;'shavebeenunabletopointoutanyspecificdeficiencyintheinvestigationandhaveonly
,made,avagueand'defamatoryallegationthat
"CBIh
3S
had
a
,
reputationof
beingpliant
tothe,
Government
at
theCentre"
(at
page
11
of
theSLP).Suchanall9gation'canneverformthebasis
forthisHon'bleCourttomonitorthoinvestigationoftheCBI.
8.Itis
therefore
respectfullysubmittedthatontheabovegroundalone,
.
..
thisSpecial
Leave
Petition
shouldbedismissed,
9.However,
the
Petitioners
havemade
severalfalseallegationsregardingthe;policyoftheGovernmentofIndiainrelationto
allotmentof2Gspectrum,and'are
trying
tomisleadthis
Hon'ble
Court.
Hence,
thisCounter-Affidavits~ts
out
thecorrect
position
in
i'.
:
...
~
relation
to
thesaid
pulicy
and
sequenceofeventsin
I
alation
toallotmentof
2G
spectrum..10,Thereare
'broadly
fourissuesthathavebeenraisedinthismatter:
(a)
The
decision
to
riotauction
2G
spectrum
andtomaintainthesame
entryfeesince2001;(b)Theallegedrevenue
loss
caused
by
theabove
decision;,(c)The
alleged
preponementof
the-cut-of
dateforreceiptof
applications;anJ
Search History:
Result 00 of 00
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p.
60. In light of the above~ the i\nswering ~espondent respectfully submits for DoT affidavit stating zero loss
The Department of Telecom's affidavit in the Supreme Court of India stating there was no loss in the 2G Spectrum Scam.
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