Coal Gate Supreme Court

• 

  Coal Scam Case: For First Time, CBI Will Investigate The Man Who Headed It Earlier

  Ranjit Sinha, who headed the country's premier investigating agency, will himself be the focus of an enquiry to ascertain whether he misused his power, the Supreme Court said today.

• 

  Supreme Court's Coal Block Ruling May Have Wider Economic Impact

  The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the allocation of more than 200 coal blocks at the centre of a cronyism scandal was illegal. The Supreme Court is due to decide on September 1 whether to cancel the allocations, or to impose some sort of penalty.

• Coal Allotments 'Arbitrary, Illegal, Casual': Top 5 Supreme Court Comments

  The Supreme Court today said all coal block allocations between 1993 and 2010 were illegal and the process lacked transparency.

• Coal officer under Supreme Court scanner now hunting for 'missing files'

  An officer in the coal ministry, who had been slammed by the Supreme Court for tinkering with the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) probe report in the coal scam, has now been tasked with hunting for the "missing coal files."

• CBI files affidavit on autonomy in Supreme Court, opposes accountability panel

  The CBI has opposed an accountability panel suggested in the Centre's proposal for autonomy to the investigating agency, which had been described as a "caged parrot" by the top court.

• Supreme Court on CBI's coal report: 'a sordid saga, many masters and one parrot'

  The Supreme Court is examining the CBI's nine-page affidavit that details the changes that the agency alleges were made by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and others to its report on the coal investigation.

• Coal scam: Supreme Court examines CBI's affidavit

  The Supreme Court will today examine the CBI's nine-page affidavit that details the changes that the agency alleges were made by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and others to its report on the coal investigation.

• Coal-Gate: Law Minister Ashwani Kumar called meeting, now tries to blame Attorney General

  A day after the Supreme Court's lacerating criticism of the CBI allowing the government to access its report on its coal investigation, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, the lead player in the controversy, tried to deflect the blame.

• Coal scam: PM meets Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, says he's studying Supreme Court's remarks

  Coal scam: Hours after the Supreme Court castigated the CBI for allowing the government to vet a crucial document on its coal investigation, the Prime Minister met Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who is at the centre of the controversy.

• Coal scam: What Supreme Court wants to know from CBI in "candid, truthful" affidavit

  Coal scam: The Supreme Court has severely reprimanded the CBI today for what it called an "erosion of faith" for allowing Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and other government officials access to a report on its coal investigation before it was submitted to judges last month, and then concealing this crucial information from the court on March 12.

• Coal scam: After Additional Solicitor General's explosive letter, Attorney General will not represent Centre in Supreme Court

  Coal scam: Attorney General GE Vahanvati will not represent the government at a crucial Supreme Court hearing today on whether the government tried to influence the CBI's investigation into the coal scam.

• Coal scam: Supreme Court hearing begins, frenzy of allegations against government

  The Supreme Court has strongly censured the CBI for showing a report on its coal investigation to Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and others in the government before submitting it to judges last month. It has observed that "sharing information with the government has shaken the entire process," and has told the government to "liberate the CBI from polit...

• Coal-Gate: yes, Attorney General tried to interfere, claims Additional Solicitor General

  Hours before a crucial Supreme Court hearing on whether the government tried to influence the CBI's investigation into the coal scam, new and grave allegations have surfaced from one of the government's top legal officers.

• Coal-Gate: Supreme Court hearing tomorrow, PM Manmohan Singh meets Attorney General GE Vahanvati

  Amid a controversy that the opposition cites as grounds for his resignation, the Prime Minister met Attorney General GE Vahanvati to discuss the government's strategy on the scandal nick-named "Coal-Gate," centred around coal fields that were allocated to private firms without a transparent bidding process.

• Coal scam: Ashwani Kumar need not resign, says Prime Minister

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there is no question of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's resignation over a CBI affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court in the coal scam.