-NDTV In a meeting with the government's top law officers, the Prime Minister reportedly asked if he is an accused in a case that searches why coal fields were given to private players without transparency, allegedly losing the government vast amounts of money. For several of the years under review, the Prime Minister held direct charge of the coal Ministry. But the government's real embarrassment lies in the revelation that last month, Law...
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Massive illegalities in coal block allocation, says CBI status report -Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express The CBI, in its probe report before the Supreme Court, has indicted the Centre over "massive irregularities and illegalities" in coal block allocation and alleged lack of cooperation by the coal Ministry. In its latest status report on the probe, the CBI informed a Bench led by Justice R M Lodha that there were various "serious" breaches in the manner the screening committee examined the applications for allocation of...
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-The Hindu Ranjit Sinha says CBI is part of government, not autonomous The widening sinkhole that the coal scam has become claimed its first victim on Wednesday as Additional Solicitor-General Harin Raval resigned for having misled the Supreme Court, while CBI Director Ranjit Sinha?brought the executive and the judiciary to the verge of open confrontation by stating that his agency was not an "autonomous organisation" but part of the government.? The CBI, which...
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-The Indian Express Having made a mistake, UPA errs again by waiting to see what it can get away with The Supreme Court severely censured the CBI on Tuesday for having shared its status report on coal block allocation with the political executive, disregarding the court's specific instruction not to do so. Meanwhile, Assistant Solicitor General Harin Raval accused Attorney General Goolam E. Vahanvati of lying to the court about the matter,...
More »“Why was court not told draft was shared with executive?”-J Venkatesan
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the CBI Director to file an affidavit explaining why in the agency's status report dated March 8 no disclosure was made that the draft was shared with the executive and officials. A Bench of Justices R.M. Lodha, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph also wanted the CBI to indicate on what basis an assertive statement was made at the March 12 hearing, through its...
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