Delhi High Court issued notices on Monday to the Centre, Hutchison Telecom India Ltd, Hutch-Essar and its minority shareholders among others on a petition alleging breach of foreign direct investment norms in telecom sector.
Telecom Watchdog, the petitioner, alleged that minority shareholders -- Asim Ghosh, Analjit Singh -- and another company who together hold 15.03 per cent stake were merely acting as a front for Hutchison.
Justices M K Sharma and Sanjeev Khanna issued notices to the parties on a petition by Telecom Watchdog, an NGO, seeking cancellation of HTIL's licence and confiscation of the shares held by the minority shareholders, including Ghosh and Singh.
The court gave six weeks time to all the respondents to file their replies and rejoinder thereafter, if any. The court also directed the petitioner to amend its petition in view of the clearance given by Foreign Investment Promotion Board.