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The exercise was registered contrary to "unknown persons" with an aspiration to ascertain as to whether the "first-come-first-serve basis" provision conceded by the after that Cabinet led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee was followed or not, representative sources thought at this point.
The CBI was likely to function into the minutes of the meetings held by successive Telecom Ministers which integrated last-minute Pramod Mahajan, Arun Shourie and Dayanidhi Maran.
According to the sources, virtually 50 licences were certain barred on the first-come-first-serve basis and Bharti, Vodafone and Idea were between the beneficiaries of the document.
The sources thought with the aim of papers of the companies who maintain been awarded the contract would besides be examined.
The Supreme Court had on December 16 directed the agency to extend its investigation to cover the grant of licences by both the NDA and the UPA regimes sandwiched between 2001-2007 and submit a tell by February 10 this time.
The high point square had made it exonerate with the aim of the importance of the investigation would be to determine the loss of money to the shared exchequer and thought a progress tell on the look into has to be filed by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate in a sealed cover.
Holding with the aim of prima facie "serious irregularities" maintain been found in the circulation of 122 licences, the square delivered a seven-point direction to the CBI and ED aphorism it was content with the aim of allegations need a thorough and evenhanded investigation.
Shourie, who held the telecom portfolio sandwiched between January 2003 and May 2004 in the NDA regime, had thought he was not really pardon? Made the high point square extend the scope of look into from 2001.