  The Supreme Court on Friday admitted Government's petition seeking reassessment of the 2G verdict that the basis of the allocation of all natural resources should be auction.
"We do not seek to question the cancellation and as per the judgment we have a window till June 2 to rework the policy. The government wants to ensure the court that it is not questioning the operative part of the judgement", said Additional solicitor general Indira Jaising.
The bench said it could understand that the primary anxiety of the Centre was possible applicability of auction principle for mining leases. Jaising asked: "That is one but what about other natural resources, for example water?"
The apex court however did not entertain the plea of the telcos whose review petitions on the apex court’s decision on cancellation of 2G spectrum licences have already been dismissed.
Issuing notices to NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) and Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, a bench of justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan sought their response on Government's plea seeking review of the February 2 judgement limiting it to the auction of annulled licences.
The Supreme Court on February 2 cancelled all the spectrum licences allotted in 2008 during the tenure of former telecom minister A Raja on the petitions filed by CPIL and Swamy. The court said it will indicate a date for hearing the review petition in open court. It also clarified that the issuance of notice in the matter did not mean a stay on the operation of its directives in the judgement cancelling the licences and asking allocation of spectrum through auction. |