A Delhi court on October 15, 2018, granted bail to industrialist and
Congress leader Naveen Jindal and 14 others, accused of money laundering in a case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block.
Special Judge Bharat Parashar granted bail on a personal bond of Rs. one lakh and one surety of the like amount. Besides Jindal, those granted relief are Jindal Steel and Power Ltd's then adviser AnandGoel, Mumbai's Essar Power Ltd's Executive Vice-Chairman Sushil Kumar Maroo, Nihar Stocks Ltd's Director BSN Suryanarayan, Mumbai-based KE International's Chief Financial Officer Rajeev Aggarwal and Gurgaon-based Green Infra's Vice-President SiddharthMadra.
Those arrayed as accused also include K Ramakrishna Prasad, Rajiv Jain and GyanSwaroop Garg. The case is pertaining to the allocation of the Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand filed under the provisions of the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
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SC seeks Center’s reply on Jharkhand plea against coal block auction for commercial mining
Judiciary
Jul 15, 2020
Saumya Srivastava
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Editor: Ekta Joshi
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The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Central Government on Tuesday (14th July) seeking reply to the concerns raised by the Jharkhand Government through a plea against auction of coal blocks for commercial mining. The apex court has given 4 weeks to the Center to file its reply.Jharkhand had filed a plea against the coal block auctions meant for commercial exploitation. One, in the plea it was argued that before any commercial coal mining can begin, its social and environmental impact needs...
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