Great controversies rarely find strong resolution in court decisions. Courts can be past masters at evading crisis. Justice Singhvi's judgment on the 2G scam is an exception. His judgment is informative, exploratory and decisive as he circumnavigates the world of electronic communication from 1839, the Telegraph Act 1885, the creation of C-Dot in 1984, the New Economic Policy of 1991, opening up of value added services in July 1992, the National Telecom Policy of 1994 and 1999 and the establishment of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) under an Act of 1997.