{"id":30074,"date":"2013-09-06T10:35:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T05:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=30074"},"modified":"2013-09-06T10:35:47","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T05:05:47","slug":"courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc","title":{"rendered":"Courts will protect honest officers&#8217; rights: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>There is no reason to fear that the higher courts will not protect the\u00a0rights of honest officers, the\u00a0Supreme Court\u00a0said on Thursday when the government insisted on retaining the power to approve graft probes against public servants.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe government claimed that its nod should precede corruption case investigations against officers of the rank of joint secretary and above to safeguard their interests.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court bench of justice RM Lodha, justice Madan B Lokur and justice Kurian Joseph said, &#8220;The Supreme Court and high courts being the constitutional courts are the protector and guardians of the rights of the people, then why will they not protect the rights of the honest officer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The court said this in the course of the hearing of the government response on whether its prior sanction was an absolute must for investigations against bureaucrats and whether the power gets vested in the Central Vigilance Commission after giving it the power to supervise the CBI&#8217;s investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The issue surfaced in the course of the hearing on public interest litigations seeking cancellation of coal blocks that were irregularly allocated.<\/p>\n<p>The court made it clear that its hearing was not limited to any particular case but was only concerned with the &#8220;ambit and scope&#8221; of Section 6A of Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, a law that controls the legal powers of the CBI.<\/p>\n<p>At the outset of the hearing, the court brushed aside a plea by petitioner advocate Manohar Lal Sharma seeking the investigation into the role of all the former coal ministers and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the period when he was looking after the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The court was told that the CBI has already filed 13 first information reports and has just named those who were allocated coal blocks and neither the officials nor the ministers involved in the alleged wrongdoings.<\/p>\n<p>The judges said the investigations were still in preliminary stages and it would not digress from the issue of examining the ambit and scope of Section 6A of DSPE Act, which they were hearing Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Under Section 6A of the act, it is mandatory for the CBI to seek prior sanction of the government for investigating an officer of the joint secretary rank or above for alleged offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General GE Vahanvati told the court that the court directed or court monitored investigation by the CBI did not stand on a different footing from normal investigation when it came to following the procedure of seeking advance permission of the government.<\/p>\n<p>The government asserted that the apex court could not &#8220;waive off or negate&#8221; the express statutory provision as Section 6A of the DSPE Act was in the nature of &#8220;procedure established by law&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Vahanvati told the court that it (court) could not say by way of clarification that prior approval of the government was not required as the powers of supervision of investigation by the CBI have been shifted to the Central Vigilance Commission.<\/p>\n<p>He told the court that as and when the investigating agency would approach the government for sanction under Section 6A of the DPSE Act, the government would pass a reasoned order.<\/p>\n<p>In the event of the government rejecting the investigating agency&#8217;s request for sanction, the issue could be brought before the court to determine its correctness, the attorney general told the court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The view why sanction has been denied will be before the court. Both points of view (that of the government and the CBI) will be there for the court to consider. The decision of the government will not be final. The view of the court will be final,&#8221; the attorney general told the court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the court is balancing the interest, then the government should have the right to decide on sanction and same can be done in four weeks,&#8221; Vahanvati told the court.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(Source: IANS)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no reason to fear that the higher courts will not protect the\u00a0rights of honest officers, the\u00a0Supreme Court\u00a0said on Thursday when the government insisted on retaining the power to approve graft probes against public servants. The government claimed that its nod should precede corruption case investigations against officers of the rank of joint secretary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3238,26074,10211,25114,12630,5753,47776,47765,47774,47775,23371],"class_list":["post-30074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-central-vigilance-commission","tag-courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights","tag-delhi-special-police-establishment-act","tag-justice-kurian-joseph","tag-justice-madan-b-lokur","tag-justice-rm-lodha","tag-national-news","tag-news","tag-todays-news","tag-todays-top-news","tag-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Courts will protect honest officers&#039; rights: SC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Courts will protect honest officers&#039; rights: SC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Courts will protect honest officers&#039; rights: SC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Courts will protect honest officers&#039; rights: SC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-06T05:05:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/legal-factors-affecting-business.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc\"},\"headline\":\"Courts will protect honest officers&#8217; rights: SC\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-06T05:05:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc\"},\"wordCount\":654,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Central Vigilance Commission\",\"Courts will protect honest officers' rights\",\"Delhi Special Police Establishment Act\",\"Justice Kurian Joseph\",\"Justice Madan B. Lokur\",\"Justice RM Lodha\",\"national news\",\"news\",\"todays news\",\"todays top news\",\"Top news\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc\",\"name\":\"Courts will protect honest officers' rights: SC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-06T05:05:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"Courts will protect honest officers' rights: SC\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/top-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Courts will protect honest officers&#8217; rights: SC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legalnews\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Courts will protect honest officers' rights: SC","description":"Courts will protect honest officers' rights: SC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Courts will protect honest officers' rights: SC","og_description":"Courts will protect honest officers' rights: SC","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2013-09-06T05:05:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/legal-factors-affecting-business.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc"},"headline":"Courts will protect honest officers&#8217; rights: SC","datePublished":"2013-09-06T05:05:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc"},"wordCount":654,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Central Vigilance Commission","Courts will protect honest officers' rights","Delhi Special Police Establishment Act","Justice Kurian Joseph","Justice Madan B. Lokur","Justice RM Lodha","national news","news","todays news","todays top news","Top news"],"articleSection":["Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc","name":"Courts will protect honest officers' rights: SC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-09-06T05:05:47+00:00","description":"Courts will protect honest officers' rights: SC","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/courts-will-protect-honest-officers-rights-sc#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Courts will protect honest officers&#8217; rights: SC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12d62475e086682c2073a800da955a5073b9362a0d17b2f724156a3b955214e2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.in"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legalnews"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29556,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-nod-sufficient-to-probe-corrupt-officials-cbi","url_meta":{"origin":30074,"position":0},"title":"SC nod sufficient to probe corrupt officials: CBI","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The CBI Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it did not require the government's sanction for a corruption probe against public servants in court-monitored cases but the government disagreed with this. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told an apex court bench of Justice RM Lodha, Justice Madan B Lokur\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32773,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-asks-cvc-examine-dispute-closure-reports-20-cases","url_meta":{"origin":30074,"position":1},"title":"SC asks CVC to examine dispute over closure reports in 20 cases","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court Friday asked the CVC to examine 20 cases where there is a dispute within the CBI between investigating officers and the senior officer whether closure report should be filed in them or not. A bench of Justice R.M.Lodha, Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph asked\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"supreme court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/supreme-court3.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":34902,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/allocation-coal-block-amounts-largesse-sc","url_meta":{"origin":30074,"position":2},"title":"Allocation of a coal block amounts to largesse: SC","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme court today said that allocation of a coal block by the Centre amounts to grant of largesse, rejecting government contention that it is only a first statutory step. \u201cThe allocation of coal block by the Central Government results in the selection of beneficiary which entitles the beneficiary to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"supreme court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/supreme-court1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30265,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/allocated-coal-blocks-leaseheld-cil-sc-asks","url_meta":{"origin":30074,"position":3},"title":"Were allocated coal blocks leaseheld with CIL, SC asks","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"September 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government whether coal blocks allocated to the private companies were in the leasehold area of the public sector undertaking Coal India Limited. The court's query came as it perused the paper placed before it by the government indicating that the coal blocks allocated to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35264,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cbi-wont-file-coal-scam-chargesheet-sc","url_meta":{"origin":30074,"position":4},"title":"CBI won\u2019t file any coal scam chargesheet: SC","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"September 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court Friday restrained the CBI from filing any chargesheet or closure report in coal scam cases till it decides whether the investigating agency deputed director Ranjit Sinha to deal with the probe and prosecution for coal block allocation scam. The apex court bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;High Profile Cases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"High Profile Cases","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/CBI-Director-Ranjit-Sinha.jpg?fit=238%2C212&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30166,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngo-asks-sc-cancel-coal-block-allocations","url_meta":{"origin":30074,"position":5},"title":"NGO asks SC to cancel all coal block allocations","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"September 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme\u00a0Court\u00a0should cancel all the coal blocks allocated to private and public sector companies in a non-transparent and unfair manner and in violation of rules, a petitioner said Thursday. Petitioner NGO Common Cause has sought the cancellation of coal blocks allocated to state-owned companies which had in turn entered into\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-7P4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}