2G: SC asks Subramanium Swamy to place documents on plea to probe P Chidambaram

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought from Janata Party Chief Subramanium Swamy all his correspondence with CBI in connection with his plea to investigate P Chidambaram for his alleged role in the 2G Spectrum allocation scam.

The court said it would first go through those documents and then, if necessary, seek response from the CBI and the government.

"Place on record your all correspondence with CBI," a bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said while asking Swamy to file an affidavit within a week along with all relevant documents and his communication with the CBI Director for proceeding against Chidambaram.

The government, however, vehemently opposed Swamy's plea and said that if he has any evidence then he should place before the CBI which is investigating the case.

"Instead of coming directly to the Supreme Court, he should go to CBI," senior advocate P P Rao, appearing for the Centre said adding "whatever evidence is there, it should be placed before the agency.

"CBI has already looked into the matter and found nothing. My handicap is that I am not CBI. Unless I get CBI report I cannot say anything. It is for the CBI to tell you," Rao contended while asking the bench not to entertain such petitions.

The bench, however, expressed reservations over his plea saying, "Do we have any rule that when an application is filed and allegations are made it cannot be placed before us."

Swamy, in his arguments pleaded that the pricing of 2G spectrum was fixed by the then Telecom Minister A Raja and the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram and their role should be probed by the agency.