Raja knocks at HC door with plea to drop charges

In his plea,Raja has sought quashing of the charges under the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act framed against him by the trial court in October 2011.

In his petition,the DMK MP has said that the specific recommendation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI regarding 2G spectrum was that there should be no auction and the same entry fee should be charged from the new UAS licence applicants.

The justification for this is that the paramount objectives of the government were to increase competition in the telecom sector and thereby increase teledensity and make the services affordable. This would not be possible if the entry fee were to be kept high or if start-up spectrum was auctioned, his plea states.

It claims that as a result of the policy followed for spectrum allocation under his leadership,the Central government suffered no financial loss. The petition is likely to come up for hearing on Monday.