New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to begin hearing from July 11 arguments on framing of charges in the high-profile 2G spectrum case in which DMK MP Kanimozhi and former Telecom Minister A Raja are among the accused.
Special Judge OP Saini, who is dealing exclusively with the 2G case, on Tuesday said the arguments on framing charges could commence from July 11 and warned the prosecution and the defence that it will impose a fine if they fail to complete the process of scrutiny and supply of documents at the earliest.
"From next Monday (July 11), we can start arguments on charge (in the case)," the judge said after defence counsel Majid Memon asked the court about the tentative schedule for beginning arguments on framing of charges.
The judge also asked the CBI and the defence counsel to expedite the process of scrutiny of documents so that the arguments could commence at the earliest.
"Court can impose fine if this process (supply of relied-upon documents) is not completed," the judge said.
Most of the 17 accused apprised the court that all the documents that the prosecution has relied on have been supplied to them.
Meanwhile, Raja, a key accused in the case, his former personal secretary R K Chandolia, Reliance ADAG officials Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair, Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu) Ltd, its Director Sanjay Chandra, Reliance Telecom Limited and Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd submitted that they may also be supplied documents filed by the CBI along with the charge sheet but not "relied upon".
The advocates said that the CBI has not provided them all the documents which they have filed with the charge sheet.
"The CBI is not giving us all the documents. It is hard to explain in this case that which is 'relied-upon' document and which is 'non-relied-upon' document," a defence counsel said.
The court would decide on their applications on Wednesday.
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