-The Indian Express In a big embarrassment to the government in the Coalgate case, the Supreme Court today termed as 'very disturbing' the CBI affidavit on sharing its report with the Law Minister and others and slammed the agency for having kept the court in the dark on the issue. Hearing the coal blocks allocation scam case in a packed courtroom, the bench said 'suppression' of the fact that CBI has...
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Shared coal status report with law minister, CBI chief tells SC -Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express CBI director Ranjit Sinha admitted to the Supreme Court on Friday that the agency's status report on the coal blocks allocation case had been shown to Law Minister Ashwani Kumar "as desired by him". The report was also shared with a senior official each from the Prime Minister's Office and the coal ministry, the CBI director said. The government has been in turmoil - facing demands for an explanation...
More »Law minister shown coal scam report, CBI tells SC
-The Hindustan Times The Central Bureau of Investigation said on Friday that the law minister had been given access to a draft copy of its report into the coal blocks allocation scam, prompting furious Opposition calls for his resignation and putting at risk the functioning of Parliament next week. CBI director Ranjit Sinha submitted a highly unusual affidavit to the Supreme Court saying the agency had shared the draft with minister Ashwani...
More »Parliament logjam stands in the way of passage of key Bills-Smita Gupta
-The Hindu We'll have to make ‘some compromises,' to pass the Bills: govt. sources The UPA government had hoped to push its social welfare agenda through in Parliament by legislating on food security and land acquisition. Instead, just five days into the second half of the ongoing budget session, it is engaged in damage control, trying to put out three fires simultaneously - the coal blocks' allocation issue, the 2G JPC imbroglio...
More »CBI chief to SC: Yes, shared last coalgate report with govt. No, latest report not shown
-The Telegraph Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held consultations with senior leaders of his government after the Central Bureau of Investigation admitted to the Supreme Court that it had shared its status report on the coal-block allocation scam with ministers and officials. CBI director Ranjit Sinha said in his affidavit that the agency had shared the report with Union law minister Ashwani Kumar "as desired by him" and that senior officials of the...
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