{"id":46828,"date":"2017-02-03T05:17:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T23:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46828"},"modified":"2017-02-03T05:17:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T23:47:21","slug":"court-discharges-maran-brothers-others-aircel-maxis-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-discharges-maran-brothers-others-aircel-maxis-cases","title":{"rendered":"Court discharges Maran brothers, others in Aircel-Maxis cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38630\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Dayanidhi-Maran.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/maran-moves-supreme-court-against-madras-hcs-order-cancelling-his-bail\/dayanidhi-maran-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Dayanidhi-Maran.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"297,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dayanidhi Maran\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Dayanidhi-Maran.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Dayanidhi-Maran.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Dayanidhi-Maran.jpg?resize=297%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Court discharges Maran brothers, others in Aircel-Maxis cases\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Court discharges Maran brothers, others in Aircel-Maxis cases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A special court here today discharged former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal cases lodged by CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).<\/p>\n<p>However, today&#8217;s order would not have any effect on the two accused Malaysian nationals &#8212; Ralph Marshall and T Ananda Krishnan &#8212; as the court has already segregated the trial against them from that of Maran brothers and others.<\/p>\n<p>The order was passed by Special Judge O P Saini who is exclusively dealing with the 2G spectrum allocation scam cases and those cases arising out of the investigation into it.<\/p>\n<p>CBI had filed a charge sheet against the Maran brothers, Ralph Marshall, T Ananda Krishnan, M\/s Sun Direct TV (P) Ltd, M\/s Astro All Asia Networks Plc, UK, M\/s Maxis Communications Berhad, Malaysia, M\/s South Asia Entertainment Holdings Ltd, Malaysia and then Additional Secretary (Telecom) J S Sarma who died during the course of the probe.<\/p>\n<p>They were chargesheeted for alleged offences punishable under section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.<\/p>\n<p>In the money laundering case, ED has chargesheeted the Maran brothers, Kalanithi&#8217;s wife Kavery, Managing Director of South Asia FM Ltd (SAFL) K Shanmugam, SAFL and Sun Direct TV Pvt Ltd (SDTPL) under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).<\/p>\n<p>Besides Maran brothers, the court discharged two companies &#8211; M\/s Sun Direct TV (P) Ltd (SDTPL) and M\/s South Asia Entertainment Holdings Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>During arguments on framing of charges, Special Public Prosecutor Anand Grover had claimed that Dayanidhi had &#8220;pressurised&#8221; Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in Aircel and two subsidiary firms to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The charge was strongly refuted by Dayanidhi. All the accused had denied the allegations against them made by the investigating agencies and had moved bail pleas.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special court here today discharged former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal cases lodged by CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). 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