{"id":21702,"date":"2012-07-12T19:15:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T13:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=21702"},"modified":"2012-07-12T19:15:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T13:45:27","slug":"centre-govt-duty-bound-to-auction-2g-telecom-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centre-govt-duty-bound-to-auction-2g-telecom-spectrum","title":{"rendered":"Centre: Govt duty-bound to auction 2G telecom spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre on Thursday told the <span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Supreme Court<\/strong><\/span> that it was bound by its ruling\u00a0\u00a0on allocation of <span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2G telecom spectrum<\/strong><\/span> through auction and the Presidential reference was only pertaining to adoption of the process for allocation of other natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>&#8220;There is no question of overturning the result in the judegment of the 2G telecom spectrum case,&#8221;<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Attorney General G E Vahanvati<\/strong><\/span> submitted before a five-judge <span style=\"color: #800000;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>There is no doubt about the spectrum now. As far as spectrum is concerned, the government is duty-bound by the court&#8217;s order for auction. It (reference) is only with regard to other natural resources<\/em><\/span>,&#8221; he told the bench, also comprising justices D K Jain, JS Khehar, Dipak Mishra and Ranjan Gogai.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He said the reference is required as there is a doubt about the method to be adopted for the allocation of natural resources in view of 2G telecom spectrum\u00a0verdict and it could impact Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>It is submitted that the contention that in effect, the present reference seeks to overturn or overrule the judgment dated February 2 is plainly not correct. It has been repeatedly made clear that the directions given in the said judgment have been accepted. Doubts that have arisen are with regard to certain observations made in the judgement as a statement of law which require to be clarified,&#8221;<\/em> <\/span>he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Thus, the far-reaching nature of this judgment may impact FDI and other investments in this country. This is the dilemma which the government faces. This is the question of far-reaching importance. This, read with the immediately preceding recital, demonstrates generally speaking the reluctance of foreign investors to look into India as a safe place for investments. 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