In a huge relief to Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea for making him a co-accused in the 2G spectrum case, saying there was no prima facie material against him of any criminal conspiracy or procuring of any gain. The special leave petition filed by janata party leader Subrahmanyam swami is dismissed by the apex court. The bench said, criminal conspiracy cannot be inferred merely on the suspicion that there was a meeting for taking decision between the officials of department of telecom and two ministers Mr Raja and Mr Chidambaram, who was then also the Finance Minister.
This is the second time a judicial relief has come for Mr Chidambaram after a Delhi court on February 4 this year had dismissed a plea of a co-accused in the 2G case. Special CBI Judge O P Saini had held that Mr Chidambaram had not indulged in any criminal conspiracy or derived any pecuniary advantage in the decisions taken with Mr Raja. The decision of the Apex Court came on the petitions filed by Mr Swamy and an NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation. Mr. Subramanyam swamy has declared that he ll file a review petetion.