Supreme Court spectrum plea: Setback for Centre
Supreme Court registrar hasn't accepted the government's plea for allowing the administrative allocation of spectrum in some special cases, marking a setback for the Centre. The apex court had ruled that frequencies had to be auctioned as they were a national resource in the 2G spectrum allocation case in 2012.
The registrar said the government was seeking a review of the 2012 order «in the guise» of seeking clarifications and said the move was «misconceived», adding that there was no «reasonable cause» for entertaining the plea and that too after a lengthy period of time.
«I refuse to receive the present miscellaneous application (MA), as it does not disclose any reasonable cause for being entertained,» Pavanesh D, registrar, judicial listing, said in the order that ET has seen. «Accordingly, it is declined to be received under the provisions of Order XV Rule 5 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013.»
The statement elaborated on the reasons for this.
«From a perusal of the prayer made in the MA, it is clear that the applicant intends to seek for review of the order passed by the SC in the guise of filing the present application,» it read.
'Review Petition Was Withdrawn in 2012'
«When the application is considered keeping in mind the principles laid down by this court, supra, it is clear that the same is not maintainable and it does not disclose any reasonable grounds to be entertained,» the statement said.
The registrar also cited the interval since the 2012 ruling.
«Applicant is again attempting to obtain
