Coal scam: Court to pass order on CBI’s final report on Friday

Coal scam: Court to pass order on CBI’s final report on Friday

New Delhi: A special court will on Friday pronounce its order on CBI’s final probe report filed in a coal scam case allegedly involving Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and others.”Certain clarifications have been sought. Put up for order tomorrow,” Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said on Thursday.File photo of a truck being loaded with top soil at the Jharia burning coal field at Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. (Reuters)
CBI had earlier informed the court that the issue of grant of sanction to prosecute LS Janoti, who has retired as an under secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, was pending before the Ministry of Coal (MoC).It had said they had sought information from the MoC regarding the status of request for accord of sanction to prosecute Janoti, who was earlier posted in MoC.As Janoti has retired and the competent authority has not refused to grant sanction to prosecute him, there was no bar in taking cognisance against Janoti for his alleged role in the case, the CBI had said.The court, in its January 30 order, had noted that former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia, ex-Coal Secretary HC Gupta and Janoti had allegedly committed criminal misconduct and facilitated accused firm AMR Iron and Steel Pvt Ltd to unlawfully obtain Bander coal block in Maharashtra.It had asked CBI to further probe the case in which the agency had chargesheeted Vijay Darda, his son Devendra Darda, AMR Iron and Steel Pvt Ltd’s Director Manoj Jayaswal and the firm, as accused.

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