apex court has seven queries on: Petitioner’s plea for quashing allotments in six states: Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.

The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Friday to explain if guidelines for distributing the coal “mines of largesse” had been strictly followed.

SC rejects government’s contention that PAC is right forum to debate CAG report

An official panel has recommended the cancellation of mining licence of a coal block held jointly by JSW Steel and Himachal EMTA while Tata Steel and Reliance Power will be allowed to retain blocks

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a public interest suit seeking to quash the allotment of 194 coal blocks to private companies in six states. The government will have to respond to six questions from the court. Solicitor General R F Nariman accepted the notice and the case would be heard after two months.

The court has asked the government to produce the guidelines and the process adopted for the allocation of blocks. It also wants to know if there are any in-built mechanisms to ensure the allocations do not lead to distribution of largesse unfairly to a few private firms.

Monnet Ispat may be asked to submit bank guarantee amounting to three years’ royalty

Cracking the whip on private companies for failing to develop coal blocks allocated to them within a time frame, the Coal Ministry on Thursday said it accepted the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) and notified de-allocation of four blocks and deduction of bank guarantee in the case of three companies.

NEW DELHI: The inter-ministerial group (IMG) on coal blocks allocation has recommended de-allocation of four mines allotted to private firms and encashment of bank guarantee of three others on the

The IMG also recommended encashing of bank guarantee of three companies

The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on coal blocks allocation has recommended de-allocation of four mines alloted to private firms and encashment of bank guarantee of three others on the ground of non-development of mines within a prescribed time. "The IMG, which reviewed eight cases yesterday has recommended de-allocation of four coal blocks including two alloted to private firm Field Mining and Ispat,"

Probing into coal block allocations between 2006 and 2009, the CBI is examining the case of Jindal Photo Limited.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has begun probing six more private mining and coal companies which are believed to have secured coal blocks wrongfully and by misrepresenting facts. A fresh round of first information reports is likely to be registered by month-end, government sources said.

The CBI is scrutinising the role of the six companies, some having been allotted coal blocks in Jharkhand, and also probing firms and people who were closely associated with Madhu Koda who had ruled the State with Congress support.