The then CBI Director A P Singh and agency's prosecution chief were of the view that there was no case against Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Sunil Mittal in the 2G spectrum case involving former Secretary Shyamal Ghosh and late minister Pramod Mahajan.
This has been disclosed in the opinion given to the Supreme Court last week by Attorney General Ghulam V Vahanvati, who said "there is no disagreement on this point" between the CBI Director and its Director of Prosecution Abdul Aziz.
"Therefore, it is not for me to comment on the views of the executive officers of the CBI for the reasons already stated hereinabove," the AG said in his opinion.
The AG noted that the Director of Prosecution and the retired Additional Legal Advisor (ALA) had in a note in October 2012 had agreed that there was a case against Ghosh and the then Telecom Minister Mahajan.
The ALA had said that as regards the corporates namely Bharti Cellular Limited, Hutchison Max Limited and Sterling Cellular Limited and Mi5 BPL Cellular Limited, the circumstances mentioned by the investigating officer as well as other officers was that Sunil Mittal of Bharti Telecom used to meet the Minister and the then Secretary during that period.
It also referred to the launch of IPO by Bharti Airtel in early 2002 and the lobbying by Sunil Mittal with the Minister and other officials of ministry.