The agency submitted that it is not getting cooperation from Malaysian authority in its probe in Aircel-Maxis deal involving DMK leader Maran but said that it will go ahead in the case on the basis of material and evidence available to it.
A bench of justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan then directed the agency to make reference to the Centre within seven days for taking sanction. It also directed the Centre to take a decision on sanction within two weeks.
"This matter must be brought to an end to a logical conclusion," the bench said while posting the case for hearing on August 1.
Maran has been accused of forcing Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell the stake in Aircel in 2006 to a Malaysian firm Maxis Group owned by Kuala Lumpur-based business tycoon T Ananda Krishnan.
The agency in July 2011 had placed a status report in the court stating that during 2004-07 when Maran was telecom Minister, Sivasankaran was coerced to sell the stake in Aircel to Maxis Group.