REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.

34

OF 2015

(arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 2961 of 2013)

SUNIL BHARTI MITTAL

.....APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS

CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

.....RESPONDENT(S)

W I T H

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 35 OF 2015

(arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 3161 of 2013)

A N D

CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. 36-37

OF 2015

(arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 3326-3327 of 2013)

J U D G M E N T

A.K. SIKRI, J.

Leave granted.

Introduction:

2.

In the year 2008, during the tenure of the then Minister of

Telecommunications, Unified Access Services Licenses (“UASL”)

Criminal Appeal No. of 2015 & Ors.

Page 1 of 58

(arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 2961 of 2013 & Ors.)

Digitally signed by

Charanjeet Kaur

Date: 2015.01.09

16:59:12 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

were granted. After sometime, an information was disclosed to

the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleging various forms of

irregularities committed in connection with the grant of the said

UASL which resulted in huge losses to the public exchequer. On

the basis of such source inform