{"id":51926,"date":"2018-03-14T18:39:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51926"},"modified":"2018-03-14T18:39:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:09:40","slug":"maran-brothers-discharged-illegal-telephone-exchange-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/maran-brothers-discharged-illegal-telephone-exchange-case","title":{"rendered":"Maran brothers discharged in  &#8220;illegal&#8221; telephone exchange case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Maran-brothers.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" data-attachment-id=\"51930\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/maran-brothers-discharged-illegal-telephone-exchange-case\/maran-brothers\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Maran-brothers.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"268,188\" 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=\"Maran brothers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Maran-brothers.jpg?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-51930\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Maran-brothers.jpg?resize=268%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Maran-brothers.jpg?w=268&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Maran-brothers.jpg?resize=143%2C100&amp;ssl=1 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a>A special CBI court here today discharged former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi and other accused in the &#8220;illegal&#8221; telephone exchange case.<\/p>\n<p>Special judge S Natarajan allowed the petitions filed by the Maran brothers and others seeking their discharge, holding that there was no prima facie case against them.<\/p>\n<p>The judge had on March 9 reserved orders for today in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The CBI had alleged that an illegal private telephone exchange was set up at the city residence of Dayanidhi during 2004-06 when he was the telecom minister and it was used for the business transactions involving the Sun Network owned by his brother Kalanithi.<\/p>\n<p>The central agency had alleged that Dayanidhi had caused a loss of Rs 1.78 crore to the exchequer.<\/p>\n<p>Other accused who have been discharged are former BSNL general manager K Brahmanathan, former deputy general manager M P Velusamy, Dayanidhi Maran&#8217;s private secretary Gauthaman, and Sun TV officials.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing of the discharge petitions, the Maran brothers and others argued that they were innocent and did not commit any irregularities as alleged by the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Senior counsel Kabil Sibal, who had appeared for the Maran brothers, had contended that the case was foisted on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special CBI court here today discharged former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi and other accused in the &#8220;illegal&#8221; telephone exchange case. 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