The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed the Special Public Prosecutor in the 2G case Anand Grover to file two reports -- on the role of CBI chief Ranjit Sinha in the probe and naming the person who leaked the contents of the visitor book at his residence.
A bench of Justice H.L. Dattu permitted Grover to file these reports with the court's registry after he informed that report on the role of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Sinha would be furnished in a sealed cover.
The court in its earlier hearing had asked Grover, who is heading the prosecution team in the special CBI court that is trying the 2G cases, to assist in ascertaining Sinha's role in the case and whether the identity of the whistleblower could be made public.
NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation, that claimed it was in receipt of the visitor's book at Sinha's residence, had alleged that he had been meeting the accused in 2G case and interfering to derail the probe and the trial.
The apex court Sep 22 had asked Grover to examine all the material before the court including the entry register at Sinha's residence and assist the court on the NGO's application seeking a recall of its Sep 15 order asking to disclose the identity of the whistleblower.
The Sep 15 order had asked the CPIL disclose to it the identity of the whistleblower who gave information on alleged interference by Sinha in the probe and prosecution of 2G cases and also provided details of the accused who visited his official residence and met him.
The court had then said it "wants to know the authenticity of the person who has given the information", and also ascertain the authenticity of the information provided.
Seeking the source of information, the court said that "information is of serious consequences" having the potential of damaging the "reputation of a person".
