Coal case: Court asks CBI not to take final decision

The court also asked the CBI not to take final decision in cases arising out of the coalgate after questions were raised on its Director.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Attorney General to tell Centre's view on plea
seeking recusal of CBI director from coal matters and income tax probe against Moin Akhtar Qureshi.

The court also asked the CBI not to take final decision in cases arising out of the coalgate after questions were raised on its Director.

The apex court bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph initially directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to not file any closure report till it decides on an application by NGO Common Cause.

The bench subsequently restrained the CBI from filing the chargesheet in any case as it ordered status quo.

With agency inputs

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