JSPL connived with MoC officials for excess mining: CBI alleges
The Coal Ministry officials had "connived" with the JSPL, headed by former Congress MP Naveen Jindal, allowing it to "illegally" mine nearly three times more coal than permitted, claims a CBI probe into coal block allocation scam.
Jan 08, 2015, 16:05 PM IST
Bring objectivity, transparency in mines allocation: Parl panel
There is a serious need to bring objectivity and transparency in allocating mines in the wake of Supreme Court's cancelling 204 coal blocks, a Parliamentary Panel has said.
Dec 22, 2014, 20:42 PM IST
Coal scam: Madhu Koda, seven others charge sheeted by CBI
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, ex-Jharkhand chief secretary Ashok Kumar Basu and six others have been charge sheeted by the CBI in a coal block allocation scam case.
Dec 12, 2014, 12:25 PM IST
Coal scam: CBI chargesheets ex-Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda as accused
Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda was on Friday chargesheeted as accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the coal blocks allocation scam case.
Dec 12, 2014, 11:32 AM IST
'Ready to be prosecuted if charge against CBI boss is wrong'
Advocate Prashant Bhushan and NGO Centre for Public interest Litigation on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that they are ready to be prosecuted if the information given by them regarding CBI director Ranjit Sinha's alleged misconduct proved to be wrong.
Nov 18, 2014, 19:53 PM IST
Coal scam: CBI seeks time to complete further investigation
CBI Monday sought more time to complete its investigation in a coal block allocation scam case in which the agency's Director had received flak from a special court for approving a closure report without any legally sustainable "reasons or logic".
Nov 10, 2014, 22:00 PM IST
Centre asks coal block allottees to give land and mine details
The Centre has asked coal block allottees, whose licences were quashed by the Supreme Court, to provide land and mine infrastructure details by November 10 for the purpose of compensation under the Ordinance which has got the Presidential approval.
Oct 26, 2014, 14:25 PM IST
Coal scam:Court to hear case involving Birla, others on Oct 21
The CBI sought some time to advance the arguments on the closure report citing unavailability of Cheema and senior public prosecutor V K Sharma.
Oct 13, 2014, 13:26 PM IST
Coalscam: Court summons ex-coal Secy HC Gupta, others as accused
The court issued summons to Gupta, two other serving government officials, Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd, its MD Pavan Ahluwalia and senior official Amit Goyal.
Oct 13, 2014, 11:46 AM IST
Coalgate: Delhi court rejects CBI's closure report
A Delhi court on Monday rejected CBI's closure report and summons as accused MP-based firm, its officials and public servants in a coal block allocation case.
Oct 13, 2014, 11:02 AM IST
Coal scam: CBI is expected to conduct better probe, says court
A special court Wednesday said a "better investigation" was expected from CBI in a coal block allocation scam case as the agency has taken a contradictory stand in a closure report in the matter against Kolkata-based Vikash Metals and Power Limited and its officials.
Oct 01, 2014, 20:49 PM IST
Coal scam: Court pulls up CBI for filing 'vague' report
Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar was unhappy with the CBI's compliance report on service of notice to the passport officer, Nagpur, and observed that the document placed in the court was "not proper" and "vague".
Sep 22, 2014, 16:56 PM IST
Coal scam: Govt to re-auction 218 coal blocks, may 'exempt' 40
Government Monday told the Supreme Court that it "wants re-auction all of 218 coal blocks" declared as illegal allocation but sought its indulgence to "exempt" 40 of them which are functional and ready for the end use power plants.
Sep 01, 2014, 19:26 PM IST
Coal scam: SC decision likely to create overhang, says Barclays
The Supreme Court's decision that all coal blocks allocated during 1993 to 2010 by the government have been allocated illegally and arbitrarily, is likely to create overhang in the sector, according to a report.
Aug 26, 2014, 23:07 PM IST
Coal scam: Ready to act once final decision is taken, says Piyush Goyal
The apex court of the country on Monday passed its judgement in the coal block allocation scam and termed it as illegal as the process followed by the screening committee between 1990-2010 were not fair nor transparent and suffered from vice of arbitrariness.
Aug 25, 2014, 16:41 PM IST
All coal block allocations since 1993 illegal: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday said the allocation of coal blocks carried out by the screening committee post 1993 were not fair nor transparent and termed it illegal.
Aug 25, 2014, 14:39 PM IST
Coal scam: SC likely to pronounce verdict today
The coal blocks were alloted in Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh to private companies and parties bewteen 2004 to March 2011.
Aug 25, 2014, 08:17 AM IST
Coal scam: CBI to close case against Kumar Mangalam Birla, Parakh
After a 10-month probe, CBI has decided to file a closure report in the coal block allocation case involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Coal Secretary P C Parakh as the agency could not find any evidence in this matter.
Aug 21, 2014, 19:47 PM IST
Coal scam: Special court commences hearing in allocation cases
The special court, constituted by the Supreme Court to exclusively hold trial in cases of coal blocks allocation scam, Tuesday commenced proceedings with the CBI informing it that probe in the case, involving Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and others, was "almost complete".
Aug 19, 2014, 19:39 PM IST
Coal scam: CBI examines TKA Nair, ex-PM Manmohan's advisor
CBI has examined T K A Nair, advisor to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks when Singh was also holding the charge of coal ministry.
Jul 21, 2014, 17:56 PM IST
