coal blocks allocation scam

Govt to bring Ordinance on cancelled coal blocks

Days after the Supreme Court cancelled allocation of 214 coal blocks, the government Monday moved to bring an Ordinance that will enable it to acquire the land of these mines along with plants for auction later.

Oct 20, 2014, 18:50 PM IST

Companies given 6 months to wind up can't be stopped from mining coal: SC

They have been given six months' time, why should court direct them not to extract coal during this period, the court asked.

Oct 16, 2014, 12:20 PM IST

Coal scam: Court directs CBI to further probe the matter

The court also directed the CBI to file a further progress report of the probe and fixed the case for November 10.

Oct 15, 2014, 12:53 PM IST

Coal Scam: Court directs CBI to file progress report of further investigation

The Court has directed CBI to file a "progress report" of further investigation in the case on November 10.

Oct 15, 2014, 10:51 AM IST

Coal blocks allocated in brazen fashion by govt officers: Court

The entire process of allocation of coal blocks was done in a "brazen fashion" and officers of the Ministry of Coal abused their positions and acted in "an arbitrary and illegal" manner, a special court today observed.

Oct 13, 2014, 19:50 PM IST

Coal scam: CBI lacks basics of probe, Director to look into it

Irked with the way CBI handled probe in a coal blocks allocation scam case, a Delhi court on Tuesday said the agency's officers lacked "basic skills of investigation" and ordered its Director Ranjit Sinha and all concerned DIGs to personally look into the matter failing which they would be held "responsible".

Sep 30, 2014, 19:31 PM IST

Coal scam: SC to decide fate of 218 coal blocks today

During its hearing on the coal blocks allocation scam on August 25, the apex court held that all the coal blocks allocated by the Centre since 1993 to 2010 were illegal and that the process of the allocation was arbitrary and vague.

Sep 24, 2014, 06:49 AM IST

Coal scam: CBI probe bereft of basic nuances, says Court

Observing that the CBI probe into a coal block allocation case was "bereft of basic nuances of investigation", a special court Thursday ordered further probe in an FIR in which the agency had filed a closure report against Kolkata-based Vikash Metals and Power Ltd and its officials.

Sep 18, 2014, 19:37 PM IST