Coal Block Scam

A Delhi court on Monday awarded three-year jail term to former Coal Secretary H C Gupta in a coal scam case related to irregularities in allocation of a coal block in Maharashtra.

The agency alleged "a pecuniary benefit of Rs 7 cr was obtained by accused Binay Prakash by offering to sell the shares of the firm on premium, after allocation of the coal block to Domco Pvt Ltd"

The court later granted bail to all the accused persons after they appeared before it in pursuance to the summons.

Top court bench says it needs to go through the case files and listed the matter for hearing on October 27.

Case pertains to allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand

Jindal to appear in court with four others and JSPL on Sept 4

Coal Secy H C Gupta, jont secy K S Kropha held guilty for irregularities in coal allotment to KSSPL

Case was related to irregularities in allocation of Kesla North coal block in Chhattisgarh to the firm