Manoj Kumar Jayaswal

A businessman, facing prosecution in three separate coal block allocation scam cases, has approached a special court seeking joint trial in all of them saying the FIRs were "closely knitted" and the alleged offences pertained to same transaction.

A special court today said it would next month hear arguments on framing of charges in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of a Jharkhand coal block to accused firm M/s Jas Infrastructure Capital Pvt Ltd (JICPL).

A businessman, facing prosecution in three separate coal block allocation scam cases, has approached a special court seeking joint trial in all of them saying the FIRs were "closely knitted" and the alleged offences pertained to same transaction.

A special court today said it would next month hear arguments on framing of charges in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of a Jharkhand coal block to accused firm M/s Jas Infrastructure Capital Pvt Ltd (JICPL).