Supreme Court On Pmo

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  Top Court Declines To Stay Probe Into Officials Role In Coal Scam: Report

  The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged involvement of some Prime Minister's Office (PMO) officials in the coal scam case against Jindal Steel.

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  Recommendation To Elevate 4 Judges To Top Court Reaches PMO: Report

  The Law Ministry is learnt to have forwarded to the Prime Minister's Office the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium to elevate four high court chief justices as judges of the top court, sources in the government said on Thursday.

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  Rafale Deal Highlights: "Maybe PM Has His Own PAC In PMO": Rahul Gandhi's Attack After Rafale Verdict

  Rafale Verdict: The Supreme Court is reading out its order on whether an investigation is necessary into the deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets with French firm Dassault. The verdict is being pronounced by a three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. In its last hearing, the court had reserved the verdict.

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  After CBI Officer's Claims On Ajit Doval, Congress Demands Probe

  The Congress Monday demanded an independent probe into the corruption allegations made by a CBI DIG in an affidavit before the Supreme Court, saying they have raised questions on the functioning of Prime Minister's Office and the government.

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  On Dalit Atrocities Law, Government To Ask Supreme Court For A Rethink

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office has stepped in to help resolve the concerns of Dalits regarding a Supreme Court order, which, the community says, weakens the stringent law protecting them from atrocities. The government has now decided to file a petition, asking the court for a rethink, Union minister Thavar Chand Gehlot told NDTV.

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  PM's Office Seeks Report From Goa On Impact Of Top Court's Mining Order

  The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has sought a detailed report about the possible economic impact on Goa of the Supreme Court order setting aside the second renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases in the state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said today.

• Coal-Gate: Prime Minister's Office gives Birla case file to CBI, takes receipt

  The Prime Minister's Office has handed over to the CBI all documents on the allocation of two coal blocks to a firm owned by Kumar Mangalam Birla. The entrepreneur and the government's former Coal Secretary PC Parakh have been accused by the CBI of criminal conspiracy and cheating.

• Coal-Gate: Focus could shift to officials from Prime Minister's Office and Coal Ministry

  Following Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's resignation on Friday, the focus in the coal scam could now shift to government officials from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Coal Ministry, who have been slammed by the Supreme Court for tinkering with the Central Bureau of Investigation's probe report.

• Coal-Gate: After CBI submits affidavit, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar meets PM

  After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today submitted a nine-page affidavit on its coal scam report to the Supreme Court, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to explain the latest developments, according to sources.

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

  The Supreme Court severely reprimanded the CBI last week 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: CBI to submit affidavit before Supreme Court today; will it spell more trouble for Law Minister?

  The CBI is likely to admit in the Supreme Court today that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Attorney General GE Vahanvati both asked for changes to its report on its coal investigation before the document was submitted to judges last month.

• Coal scam: CBI affidavit smashes claims of no interference by government, Arun Jaitley tells NDTV

  After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the Supreme Court today that a senior bureaucrat in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had seen its confidential report on the coal scam investigation, the BJP today said that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh must resign.

• Highlights: Arun Jaitley speaks to NDTV on CBI's affidavit on coal scam

  After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the Supreme Court today that a senior bureaucrat in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had seen its confidential report on the coal scam investigation, Mr Jaitley said that it is imperative to know whether government officials asked the CBI to change its report and whether the agency complied.

• Parliament logjam: Kamal Nath reaches out to opposition, meets LK Advani

  Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath today held talks with the BJP's senior most leader LK Advani and is also expected to meet Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Monday to try and ensure that Parliament functions and the government is able to push important legislation in the last two weeks of the Budget session.

• Coal scam: Opposition wants PM, Law Minister to resign - Who said what

  After the CBI has admitted to the Supreme Court that the report on its coal investigation, submitted to judges last month, was seen in advance by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, and bureaucrats in the Coal Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office. The Law minister Ashwani Kumar only response was ""The truth shall prevail."