The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the central government and the CBI on a public interest litigation that has sought cancellation of all coal blocks allocated to private companies and a SIT probe into the alleged scam.
The PIL has demanded cancellation of all coal blocks and probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the arbitrary manner in which these were allocated, purportedly causing huge loss to public exchequer.
The apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice Anil R. Dave issued the notice on a joint PIL by NGO Common Cause and other eminent people, including former cabinet secretary T.S.R. Subramanian, former chief election commissioner N. Gopalaswami and others... Read More
