Top Law News Coal blocks scam: Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigns May 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigned on Friday following mounting pressure from the opposition, demanding his removal. Kumar has been under severe attack by the opposition for vetting the CBI report on coal block allocation scam, with the Supreme Courtmaking critical observations over it. Kumar’s resignation was the second in Congress’ cabinet on Friday just hours after that of Railway […] Read more » CBI Coal blocks scam law minister Law Minister Ashwani Kumar Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigns Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Railway ministry Pawan Kumar Bansal resigns of Law Minister
Top Law News Crucial hearing in coal scam today in Supreme Court May 8, 2013 / May 8, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The crucial hearing on Coalgate will take place today (May 8) in the Supreme Court which may pose some tough questions to the Centre following the CBI Director’s affidavit that the Law Minister and senior officials of the PMO and Coal Ministry had made significant changes in the probe report. Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who […] Read more » A K Bhalla Additional Solicitor General Haren Raval CBI CBI director Ranjit Sinha Coal Ministry coal scam Coalgate Law Minister Ashwani Kumar PMO Shatrughna Singh Supreme Court
Top Law News Coalgate case: Why was court kept in the dark: SC April 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a big embarrassment to the government in the Coalgate case , the Supreme Court today termed as “very disturbing” the CBI affidavit on sharing its report with the Law Minister and others and slammed the agency for having kept the court in the dark on the issue. Hearing the coal blocks allocation scam case in a […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Haren Raval coal blocks allocation scam case Coal Ministry Coalgate case law minister Law Minister Ashwani Kumar Ministry of Coal Prime Minister's Office Supreme Court UPA-I tenure
Top Law News Coal scam: DMK seeks fair probe April 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With CBI submitting before the apex court that its status report on coal allocation scam was “shared” with Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, former UPA ally DMK today indicated that it sought a fair probe into the matter. “My opinion is that everything should happen (in a) straightforward (manner),” DMK chief M Karunanidhi said in a […] Read more » Ashwani Kumar coal scam former UPA ally DMK Law Minister Ashwani Kumar M. Karunanidhi Ministry of Coal Prime Minister's Office Supreme Court