Special
CBI Judge O. P. Saini allowed the
plea of Mr. Ambani, who was summoned
seeking exemption from personal appearance on the ground that he has
“pre-scheduled” business engagements.
Mr. Ambani
filed an application in the court, saying he had received the summon on July 23
and “owing to extremely short notice of just two days”, it would not be
possible for him to appear before it.
“I wish to
state that owing to the extremely short notice of just over two days and my
large number of pre-scheduled and pre-committed business engagements, it will
not be possible for me to travel to Delhi on July 26, 2013”, he said, adding
that he would appear before the court any day after August 15.
“I request
your honour to kindly grant an suspension for my appearance and fix a new date
at any time after August 15, 2013 at your convenience”, Mr. Ambani said.
Earlier,
during the day, the Supreme Court refused to grant an urgent hearing on the
plea of Reliance Telecom Ltd (RTL) challenging the trial court’s order
summoning Mr. Ambani and his wife Tina
Ambani as prosecution witnesses in the 2G case.
The apex
court has posted RTL’s application for hearing on Monday before a special
bench, comprising justices Singhvi and K. S. Radhakrishnan, which is hearing
all the matters pertaining to the 2G scam.
The
special court had allowed CBI’s plea that the testimony of Anil and Tina Ambani
may throw light on alleged investment of over Rs. 990 core by his group
companies in Swan Telecom, facing trial in the case along with its promoters
Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka.
RTL is an
accused in the case. Three top Reliance ADAG executives Gautam Doshi, Surendra
Pipara and Hari Nair are also facing trial in the case.
CBI has
alleged RTL used Swan Telecom, an ineligible firm, as its front company to get
2G licenses and radio waves.
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