Just in: Former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia appears in a Delhi court to testify as a prosecution witness in the 2G case. Radia, who was scheduled to appear in court on December 5 last year to testify as a CBI witness, had sought three months' time on grounds that she had undergone a surgery for a neurological ailment.

The CBI had submitted in the first week of May its list of prosecution witnesses to be called for recording of their statements before special CBI judge OP Saini and Radia's deposition was slated for May 28. CBI, in its charge sheet filed on April 2, 2011 against former telecom minister A Raja and others, had named Radia as a prosecution witness in the case.

Radia's statement assumes significance as she, in her statement recorded during the probe under section 161 of the CrPC (dealing with examination of witnesses) before CBI, had said that Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd, facing trial in the 2G case, was not "eligible" to get the Unified Access Service (UAS) Licences.