SC order puts Aircel-RCom deal on hold

Bench said other averments made by Swamy will be dealt with at a later stage

Malaysian business tycoon T Ananda Krishnan and other foreigners accused in the Aircel-Maxis deal, who have been evading court summons and warrants, on Friday faced the heat of the Supreme Court, which restrained his Maxis Group from “selling or trading” the licences of 2G spectrum.

The court said it “cannot tolerate a person using India’s national resources and evading the law”.

Krishnan and former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and five others were charge sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a probe related to the money trail of around Rs 600 crore allegedly used