Coal scam: SC verdict signifies democracy in action, Former CBI chief
Lauding the Supreme Court for its bold decision to scrap the allocations of 214 of 218 coal blocks, former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Joginder Singh on Wednesday said the verdict signifies democracy in action and should be welcomed by all right-thinking people.
Sep 24, 2014, 16:55 PM IST
Coal scam: SC cancelling allocation will enable fresh start, says Prasad
Government on Thursday said Supreme Court's decision to cancel the allocation of 214 coal blocks was in accordance with its stand and will enable it to make a 'fresh start'.
Sep 24, 2014, 16:42 PM IST
Coal scam: SC quashes allocation of 214 blocks allocated since 1993
A bench, headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha, saved only four blocks--one belonging to NTPC and SAIL each and two allocated to Ultra Mega Power Projects--from being cancelled.
Sep 24, 2014, 15:41 PM IST
Sensex plunges 215 points after SC coal ruling
The benchmark BSE Sensex plunged over 215 points Wednesday in the late afternoon trade as stocks led by metal sectors faced selling pressure after the Supreme Court cancelled 214 coal block allocations.
Sep 24, 2014, 15:00 PM IST
CBI wasting time by dumping illegible documents: Court
CBI was on Friday at the receiving end of a special court which observed that it was wasting its time by "dumping" files of coal blocks allocation scam cases and filing "illegible" documents, making a "mockery" of the entire process.
Sep 12, 2014, 19:34 PM IST
Coal scam: SC refuses to hear pleas of companies
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to give any further hearing on the pleas of companies which were illegally allocated coal blocks by the government.
Sep 12, 2014, 13:53 PM IST
SC reserves order to decide fate of 218 coal blocks
SC reserved its order to decide the fate of 218 coal block allocations held as illegal by it with the Centre advocating their cancellation.
Sep 09, 2014, 19:13 PM IST
Coal scam: Court seeks clarification from CBI on closure report
Posing searching questions to CBI on its closure report, a special court today asked the agency to clarify as to what evidence "it could not collect" during probe to substantiate its findings recorded in FIR in a coal blocks allocation case against Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd.
Sep 09, 2014, 19:09 PM IST
Coal scam: CBI to file revised closure report in court
CBI on Tuesday informed a special court that it will file a revised closure report giving details in a coal blocks allocation scam case allegedly involving JAS Infrastructure and Power Ltd and others in which the judge had observed that the probe was "incomplete".
Sep 09, 2014, 17:32 PM IST
Coal Scam: SC reserves order on cancellation of 218 blocks
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved order on cancellation of 218 coal blocks, which were declared illegal by it in a previous judgement.
Sep 09, 2014, 16:11 PM IST
SC terming coal block allocation illegal a wake up call: Goyal
The coal block allocation held illegal and arbitrary by the Supreme Court was a 'wake up call' for the government to bring in greater transparency and answerability in the system, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said Tuesday.
Sep 09, 2014, 13:58 PM IST
Coal scam: Centre favours cancellation of blocks
Companies, who were allocated coal blocks, pleaded SC not to cancel allocation without hearing them.
Sep 09, 2014, 08:45 AM IST
Coal scam: Govt files affidavit in Supreme Court
The government on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on 218 coal blocks held
as illegal by it. The government also left it to the apex court to decide on the issue of cancellation.
Coals cam: Court returns CBI's charge sheet
CBI has got a jolt in the Coal blocks allocation scam probe as a special court has "returned" its charge sheet in a case involving a Kolkata-based company, saying it has failed to give any plausible explanation on its queries and reasons for dropping four accused from it.
Sep 05, 2014, 18:19 PM IST
Read SC's verdict before filing report: Court to coal scam IOs
A special court on Thursday asked CBI investigating officers (IO) in the coal blocks allocation scam cases to go through the recent Supreme Court judgement in which all coal blocks allocated during 1993 to 2010 were held illegal.
Sep 04, 2014, 20:38 PM IST
Was rule of law followed in coal blocks allocation: Court asks CBI
A special court on Monday asked the CBI to clarify whether "rule of law" was followed in allocation of coal blocks to top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla's Hindalco.
Sep 01, 2014, 11:47 AM IST
Coalgate: CBI files closure report in case against K M Birla
In a reprieve to top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others, who were named as accused in its FIR in one of the coal blocks allocation scam cases, CBI has filed a closure report in a special court here.
Aug 29, 2014, 14:21 PM IST
Coalgate: Madhu Koda tampered with screening committee report, says CAG
The CAG report has blamed both the Centre and Koda for the tampering of recommendations for allocation of six coal blocks in Jharkhand.
Aug 27, 2014, 13:05 PM IST
IMG to meet today to review bank guarantees of 61 coal blocks
The meeting of inter-ministerial group on coal blocks Wednesday will look into the issue of bank guarantees related to 61 mines allocated to firms such as ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel and JSPL.
Jun 11, 2014, 10:00 AM IST
