{"id":38534,"date":"2015-07-31T10:16:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T10:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38534"},"modified":"2015-07-31T10:16:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T10:16:06","slug":"coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused","title":{"rendered":"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37805\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37805\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/4-years-jail-to-24-year-old-youth-for-stabbing-man\/jail-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"281,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37805 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?resize=281%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused\" width=\"281\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and five others were today summoned as accused by a special court which took cognisance of CBI&#8217;s final report filed in a coal block allocation scam case.<\/p>\n<p>The court also summoned two senior public servants K S Kropha and K C Samria, M\/s JLD Yavatmal Energy Pvt Ltd, its Director Manoj Kumar Jayaswal and Vijay Darda&#8217;s son Devendra Darda as accused in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The court summoned these accused for August 20 for the alleged offences under section 120B (criminal conspiracy) read with 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant) and 420 (cheating) of IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I proceed to take cognisance of the offence under section 120B of IPC and that of offences under sections 120B read with section 409\/420 of IPC and section 13(1)(c)\/ 13(1)(d) of PC Act against the accused persons, i.E M\/s JLD Yavatmal Energy Pvt Ltd, its Director Manoj Kumar Jayaswal, Vijay Darda, Devendra Darda, H C Gupta, K S Kropha and K C Samria,&#8221; Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar said.<\/p>\n<p>The court had on November 20, last year had refused to accept CBI&#8217;s closure report filed in the case and had directed it to conduct further probe in the matter while saying that the Rajya Sabha MP had &#8220;misrepresented&#8221; facts in letters written to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was holding the Coal Ministry portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>It had said that Darda, who was the Chairman of Lokmat Group, did so to get allotment of Fatehpur (East) coal block in Chhattisgarh in favour of JLD Yavatmal Energy Pvt Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Declining to accept CBI&#8217;s closure report filed in a case in which it had lodged an FIR against Darda, who was also a Director of JLD firm, and others, the court had said that &#8220;prima facie&#8221; offence of cheating was committed by private parties in &#8220;furtherance of conspiracy&#8221; hatched between them and the public servants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and five others were today summoned as accused by a special court which took cognisance of CBI&#8217;s final report filed in a coal block allocation scam case. The court also summoned two senior public servants K S Kropha and K C Samria, M\/s JLD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38299,"featured_media":37805,"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":[84],"tags":[33526,22174,33525,146,31987,117,80,5093],"class_list":["post-38534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-law-news","tag-6-others-summoned-as-accused","tag-coalgate-scam","tag-coalgate-darda","tag-court","tag-featured","tag-law","tag-legal-news","tag-special-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.\" \/>\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\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused\" \/>\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=\"2015-07-31T10:16:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"281\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"180\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\"},\"headline\":\"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-31T10:16:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"6 others summoned as accused\",\"Coalgate scam\",\"Coalgate: Darda\",\"Court\",\"featured\",\"Law\",\"Legal News\",\"Special court\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Criminal Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused\",\"name\":\"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-31T10:16:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&ssl=1\",\"width\":281,\"height\":180},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Criminal Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/criminal-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused\"}]},{\"@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\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\",\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/news\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused","description":"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.","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\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused","og_description":"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2015-07-31T10:16:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":281,"height":180,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused"},"author":{"name":"Legal India News","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26"},"headline":"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused","datePublished":"2015-07-31T10:16:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused"},"wordCount":350,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&ssl=1","keywords":["6 others summoned as accused","Coalgate scam","Coalgate: Darda","Court","featured","Law","Legal News","Special court"],"articleSection":["Criminal Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused","name":"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&ssl=1","datePublished":"2015-07-31T10:16:06+00:00","description":"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&ssl=1","width":281,"height":180},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalgate-darda-6-others-summoned-as-accused#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Criminal Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused"}]},{"@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\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26","name":"Legal India News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/news"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38697,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-grants-bail-to-vijay-darda-5-others-in-coal-scam-case","url_meta":{"origin":38534,"position":0},"title":"Court grants bail to Vijay Darda, 5 others in coal scam case","author":"Legal India News","date":"August 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and five others, including his son Devendra Darda and former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, were today granted bail by a Special Court in a\u00a0coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Fatehpur (East) coal block in Chhattisgarh. The other accused granted bail\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":"Court grants bail to Vijay Darda, 5 others in coal scam case","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":39386,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-to-hear-arguments-on-charges-from-dec-7","url_meta":{"origin":38534,"position":1},"title":"Coal scam: Court to hear arguments on charges from Dec 7","author":"Legal India News","date":"October 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Arguments on framing of charges in a coal scam case in which Congress MP Vijay Darda and six others, including ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta, are accused, would begin before a special court in December. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar posted the matter for arguments after the counsel appearing for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Coal scam: Court to hear arguments on charges from Dec 7","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":38678,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-ex-coal-secy-retired-public-servant-granted-bail","url_meta":{"origin":38534,"position":2},"title":"Coal scam: Ex Coal Secy, retired public servant granted bail","author":"Legal India News","date":"August 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Former Coal Secretary H. C. Gupta and retired public servant L. S. Janoti were today granted bail by a special court in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the allocation of Bander coal block in Maharashtra. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar also allowed the plea filed by\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":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Gupta-Coal_jpg_149_2514675f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Gupta-Coal_jpg_149_2514675f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Gupta-Coal_jpg_149_2514675f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40400,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-dismisses-dardas-plea-to-go-abroad","url_meta":{"origin":38534,"position":3},"title":"Coal scam: Court dismisses Darda&#8217;s plea to go abroad","author":"Legal India News","date":"December 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A special court has refused to allow businessman Devendra Darda, an accused in two coal scam cases, to travel abroad saying the inquiry into the visitors' diary of official residence of former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha was pending. The court noted that the inquiry being conducted by CBI's former special\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Coal scam: Court dismisses Darda's plea to go abroad","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":45703,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-dismisses-plea-make-soren-rao-accused","url_meta":{"origin":38534,"position":4},"title":"Coal scam: Court dismisses plea to make Soren, Rao accused","author":"Legal India News","date":"November 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A special court today dismissed with cost the plea of a firm facing prosecution in a coal scam case to summon former Coal Minister Shibu Soren and then Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao, as additional accused in a matter pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Coal scam: Court dismisses plea to make Soren, Rao accused","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/coal-scam.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":45712,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scamcourt-frames-charges-ex-mp-vijay-darda-ors","url_meta":{"origin":38534,"position":5},"title":"Coal scam:Court frames charges against Ex-MP Vijay Darda, ors","author":"Legal India News","date":"November 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Former Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and five others were today put on trial by a special court in a coal scam case relating to alleged irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh. The court also framed charges against two senior public\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Coal scam:Court frames charges against Ex-MP Vijay Darda, ors","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/coal.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-a1w","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38534","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\/38299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}