Apex court issues notice to Sahara chief in 2G case

The proceeding was initiated after taking a serious view of a questionnaire sent by Jain.

Maintaining that any interference to scuttle a court-monitored investigation would amount to interfering with the administration of justice,the Supreme Court Monday issued show cause notices of contempt to Sahara chief Subrata Roy and two others for allegedly interfering with the 2G probe.

A bench of Justices GS Singhvi and KS Radhakrishnan held that the contempt proceedings against Roy and others could not be discarded for want of some technicalities under the law of contempt since the court had plenary power to examine whether there has been any attempt by anybody to interfere with an investigation.

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The proceeding was initiated after taking a serious view of a questionnaire sent by Jain,seeking personal information from the investigating officer Rajeshwar Singh,then an Assistant Director in the Enforcement Directorate,soon after summons were issued to Roy under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for recording his statement.

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The bench said that the allegations raised by Singh were of very serious nature and if proved,would amount to interference with the administration of justice,especially in a court monitored investigation.

Singh had in 2011,brought to the notice of the court that he was being personally attacked by Roy and others to desist him from making further headway in the investigation that had raised suspicion that large amount of tainted money in the 2G case had been invested in Sahara Group companies by the accused with a view to project them as untainted money.