A special Supreme Court bench will on Monday hear the bail plea of DMK MP Ms Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Mr Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum scam case after two of the judges recused from hearing the matter.
Ms Kanimozhi is likely to face some tough time in convincing the court to grant her bail as the case will be heard by a bench headed by Justice G S Singvi, who has been monitoring the case since the beginning and had asked searching questions to the government on the role of several influential people in the multi-crore scam.
It would be the last hope for DMK chief Mr M Karunanidhi’s 43-year-old daughter Ms Kanimozhi, who has been in jail for almost a month, after her plea was rejected first by the special CBI court and then by the Delhi High Court.
Ms Kanimozhi and Mr Kumar have been accused by the CBI to be involved in the illegal transaction of Rs 200 crore to Kalaignar TV which was alleged to be a bribe given by a telecom operator which had benefited in the scam.
The CBI in its affidavit filed in the apex court opposed their bail pleas on the ground that if released, they could tamper with evidence and influence witnesses.
Earlier two judges - P Sathasivam and A K Patnaik - before whom the matter was listed had recused themselves from the high-profile case.
Instead, Justice Singhvi, whose bench has been monitoring the case, will tomorrow hold a special hearing along with Justice B S Chauhan to decide the bail.
According to informed sources, justices P Sathasivam and A K Patnaik conveyed their decision to recuse to Chief Justice S H Kapadia, following which he constituted another bench.