<p>The CBI and ED Monday approached the Delhi High Court seeking early hearing on their appeals challenging the acquittal of former Union telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam cases.</p>.<p>The early hearing pleas came up before Justice Brijesh Sethi who asked the probe agencies to serve all the respondents -- individuals and firms -- with the copy of their applications.</p>.<p>The high court listed the early hearing applications for September 10, when it will also hear a plea by a firm, which was acquitted in the 2G scam related money laundering case, seeking to release its properties worth Rs 22 crore attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).</p>.<p>The two agencies have sought early hearing of the appeals which are otherwise listed for hearing on October 12.</p>.<p>CBI has also sought advancing the hearing of the appeal challenging the acquittal of Essar Group promoters Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia and six others in a separate case arising out of the 2G scam probe.</p>.<p>A special court had on December 21, 2017 acquitted Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others in CBI and ED cases related to the scam.</p>.<p>It had acquitted 17 others, including DMK supremo M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal, Vinod Goenka, Asif Balwa, film producer Karim Morani, P Amirtham and Sharad Kumar, Director of Kalaignar TV in the ED case.</p>.<p>On the same day, the trial court had also acquitted former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja's erstwhile private secretary R K Chandolia, Unitech Ltd MD Sanjay Chandra and three top executives of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (RADAG) -- Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair, in the CBI's 2G case.</p>.<p>Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka and directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal were also acquitted in the CBI case.</p>.<p>On March 19 2018, the ED had approached the high court challenging the special court's order acquitting all the accused.</p>.<p>A day later, the CBI too had challenged in the high court the acquittal of the accused in the case. </p>
<p>The CBI and ED Monday approached the Delhi High Court seeking early hearing on their appeals challenging the acquittal of former Union telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam cases.</p>.<p>The early hearing pleas came up before Justice Brijesh Sethi who asked the probe agencies to serve all the respondents -- individuals and firms -- with the copy of their applications.</p>.<p>The high court listed the early hearing applications for September 10, when it will also hear a plea by a firm, which was acquitted in the 2G scam related money laundering case, seeking to release its properties worth Rs 22 crore attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).</p>.<p>The two agencies have sought early hearing of the appeals which are otherwise listed for hearing on October 12.</p>.<p>CBI has also sought advancing the hearing of the appeal challenging the acquittal of Essar Group promoters Ravi Kant Ruia and Anshuman Ruia and six others in a separate case arising out of the 2G scam probe.</p>.<p>A special court had on December 21, 2017 acquitted Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others in CBI and ED cases related to the scam.</p>.<p>It had acquitted 17 others, including DMK supremo M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal, Vinod Goenka, Asif Balwa, film producer Karim Morani, P Amirtham and Sharad Kumar, Director of Kalaignar TV in the ED case.</p>.<p>On the same day, the trial court had also acquitted former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja's erstwhile private secretary R K Chandolia, Unitech Ltd MD Sanjay Chandra and three top executives of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (RADAG) -- Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair, in the CBI's 2G case.</p>.<p>Swan Telecom promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka and directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal were also acquitted in the CBI case.</p>.<p>On March 19 2018, the ED had approached the high court challenging the special court's order acquitting all the accused.</p>.<p>A day later, the CBI too had challenged in the high court the acquittal of the accused in the case. </p>