SC recalls order : To hear Marans
Earlier on the day, a bench of justices Gopala Gowda and R. Banumathi had refused to hear the Maran brothers' plea and said they could approach the Delhi high court against the trial court's summons.
CBI, the investigating agency which was not present at that time later pointed out that the case can not be heard by any high court as an earlier ruling had said all 2G scam cases have to be heard by the apex court.
Solicitor General Pinky Anand argued on behalf of the CBI.
A bench headed by the Chief Justice will now take up the case.
In October last year, a special 2G court had summoned the Maran bothers and six others as accused in the Aircel-Maxis case.
A front ranking leader of the Tamil Munnetra Kazagham, Dayanidhi Maran was telecom minister from 2004 to 2007 when Manmohan Singh was heading the Congress-led UPA government at the centre.
The CBI has alleged that Mr Maran misused his office in 2006 to pressure the owner of Aircel, C Sivasankaran, to sell his company to the Malayasia-based Maxis.
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