Coalgate

Coal scam case: Former coal secretary HC Gupta, 2 others get 2-year jail term; granted bail immediately

Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and two serving senior officials were Monday awarded two-year jail term by a Delhi court for irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh to a private firm.

May 22, 2017, 14:44 PM IST

Court extends interim bail of five accused in coal scam case against Naveen Jindal, others

A Delhi court on Thursday extended till May 25 interim bail of five accused in coal scam case against industrialist Naveen Jindal, others.

May 04, 2017, 11:05 AM IST

Coal scam: Ex-Coal Secy withdraws plea to face trial from jail

Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, accused in several coal scam cases, on Saturday took a U-turn in a city court by withdrawing his plea seeking to take back his bail bond on the grounds that he had no money to hire a lawyer and would fight the case from jail.

Aug 27, 2016, 17:50 PM IST

Coal scam: Court to pronounce quantum of sentence for Rungtas today

A special court on Monday will pronounce its order on the quantum of punishment for Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited (JIPL) and its two directors in a coal block case after the CBI sought maximum jail term for the convicts.

 

Apr 04, 2016, 09:50 AM IST

Coalgate: SC orders handing over of Ranjit Sinha's visitors' diary to panel

The visitors' log book, which was lying in sealed cover with another bench hearing 2G cases, be given to the panel headed by former special director CBI M L Sharma who will have to share the contents with other probe team members only and file a report in the court within 12 weeks, a three-judge bench headed by Justice M B Lokur said.e

Dec 07, 2015, 18:08 PM IST

Coal scam: Special court frames charges against Ex-coal Secy H C Gupta, 5 others

The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allocation of Thesgora-B Rudrapuri coal block in Madhya Pradesh to KSSPL.

Oct 14, 2015, 11:04 AM IST

Coal scam: Court to hear arguments on charges from December 7

Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar posted the matter for arguments after the counsel appearing for the accused informed the court that scrutiny of documents supplied to them by CBI was complete.

Oct 12, 2015, 18:43 PM IST

Shiv Sena praises Manmohan Singh, says can't forget his contribution

The Shiv Sena Tuesday sought to play down the "praise" lavished on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over attracting foreign investments, saying the contributions of P V Narsimha Rao and Manmohan Singh towards bolstering India's economy can't be forgotten.

Sep 29, 2015, 13:39 PM IST

Coal scam: Court summons ex-Coal Secy, five others as accused

Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and five others, including two senior public servants, have been summoned as accused by a special court for their alleged roles in a coal block allocation scam case.

Jul 29, 2015, 14:56 PM IST

Coal scam: Court to pass order on CBI's final report today

A special court will on Friday pronounce its order on CBI's final probe report filed in a coal scam case allegedly involving Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and others.

Jul 17, 2015, 08:58 AM IST

Coal scam case: Accused approaches judge, warned by court

During the hearing on Monday, senior advocate Hariharan, who appeared for Jindal, told the court that the Jindal Group management has taken a strong note of the issue and promised the judge that such a behaviour will not recur.

Jun 01, 2015, 13:14 PM IST

Coal scam: Manmohan Singh took final decision, says ex-coal secretary HC Gupta

Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta said that Manmohan Singh had the final authority to take decisions.

May 27, 2015, 18:45 PM IST

Coal scam: CBI files chargesheet against Naveen Jindal, 14 others

The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Birbhum in Jharkhand in 2008.

Apr 29, 2015, 16:30 PM IST

P C Parakh's arbitrary action caused loss to PSU: Court

Former Coal Secretary P C Parakh's acts of "omission and commission" prima facie raised a grave shadow of doubt about his conduct in the entire process of allocation of Talabira II and III coal blocks which resulted in causing loss to a PSU, a Special court observed on Wednesday.

Mar 11, 2015, 20:50 PM IST

Manmohan's action facilitated windfall profit to HINDALCO: Court

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's approval to allocate coal block to HINDALCO prima facie "facilitated windfall profits" to the private firm resulting in loss to state-owned PSU Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC), a special court observed on Wednesday.

Mar 11, 2015, 20:45 PM IST

Am upset, will prove my innocence: Manmohan Singh on summons

"I am upset," reacted former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was on Wednesday summoned as an accused by a special court in a coal scam case by a special court but expressed confidence that he will prove his innocence in a fair trial.

Mar 11, 2015, 17:59 PM IST

Coal scam: Manmohan Singh made accused, summoned by court

The special court observed that Manmohan Singh was roped into the criminal conspiracy to "accommodate" M/s HINDALCO in Talabira-II coal block allocation in 2005.

Mar 11, 2015, 16:21 PM IST

Coal scam: CBI draws flak for taking "U-turn" in final reports

CBI on Friday drew flak from the Special Court for taking "U-turn" on investigation of various coal scam cases and filing final reports, without giving any plausible reasons for arriving at such conclusions.

Jan 30, 2015, 17:17 PM IST

Bagrodia, Gupta "prima facie committed misconduct" in Coalscam

Former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and an official of Coal Ministry prima facie committed criminal misconduct and facilitated AMR Iron & Steel Pvt Ltd to obtain coal block "unlawfully", a special court on Friday said.

Jan 30, 2015, 15:30 PM IST

Coal scam: Court tells CbI to file progress report involving AMR Iron & Steel Pvt

A Special court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to further investigate a coal scam case involving allocation of coal block to AMR Iron & Steel Pvt.

Jan 30, 2015, 14:26 PM IST