CBI court reserves order on Swamy's plea to prosecute Raja
New Delhi: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday moved a designated CBI court seeking prosecution of former Telecom Minister A. Raja in the 2G scam case in which he wants to be appointed as the public prosecutor.
Filing a private complaint in the court of special judge Pradeep Chaddah, Dr. Swamy made a three-fold prayer which included that his complaint be taken cognisance of and Mr. Raja be summoned.
After hearing Dr. Swamy, the court reserved till January 7 its order on whether his private complaint is maintainable.
“I am fixing the matter for pronouncement of the order on the maintainability of your private complaint on January 7, 2011,” Additional Sessions judge Chaddha said.
Dr. Swamy also referred to the CBI's communication to him, saying, “though an FIR has been filed in the scam, no person has been named as an accused. This is the reason which forced me to take legal recourse by filing a private complaint,” Dr. Swamy said.
“I have got a three-fold prayer,” said Dr. Swamy, noting that “the first one is that the court should take cognisance of my complaint against the former Telecom Minister and issue summons to him. The second prayer is that I be appointed as a deemed public prosecutor under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the investigating agencies such as Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate be directed by the court to assist me in conducting prosecution and in the further investigation into the scam.” — PTI
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