Despite the Union Government reiterating its commitment to fight against corruption, high-profile graft cases continue to languish for years in courts. Take the case of appeal in the 2G Scam case, pending in the Delhi High Court for more than eight years. 137 hearings have happened and still the final hearing has not yet started. The next hearing is on November 18. CBI and ED filed a prompt appeal in March 2018 after the trial court judge OP Saini acquitted the accused, ignoring the Supreme Court verdict on the 2G scam.
Interestingly, it took 126 hearings and 13 judges to get basic Leave to Grant Appeal stage in March 2024, which is quite unheard. Normally, 4-5 hearings are needed to get Leave to Grant Appeal for an appeal to be admitted. But it took 126 hearings due to the lethargy of prosecution, where none other than Solicitor General Tushar Mehta is the Special Public Prosecutor (SPP), who has not yet appeared in court, leaving it to Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain to handle the high-profile 2G Scam appeal case.