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SC issues notice to seven states over coal blocks

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The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to seven states seeking their response on the allocation of coal blocks by the central government in their territories. The states are West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra. The apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha sought the response of the state governments […]

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Coalgate scam: CBI, Centre at loggerheads over probe findings

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Here in the Supreme court of India the CBI and the Centre were at loggerheads on the coalgate scam with the agency pointing out irregularities in the coal block allocation during UPA-I tenure and the Government vehemently refuting the allegations. In a status report filed by CBI in the scam, the agency said that the […]

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Supreme Court questions Centre power to allocate coal blocks

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The Supreme Court on questioned the Centre’s power to allocate coal blocks to companies, saying it has a lot of “legal explanation” to do as the statutory Act empowers only the states to undertake this task. The apex court said that the Centre cannot undermine the Mines and Minerals Act which has given no power to it to allocate […]

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