{"id":40019,"date":"2015-11-23T10:45:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T05:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40019"},"modified":"2015-11-23T10:45:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T05:15:23","slug":"coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence","title":{"rendered":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37779\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37779\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-have-approached-moc-on-sanction-issue-cbi-to-court\/coal-scam-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,225\" 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=\"coal scam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37779 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A special court today concluded recording of prosecution evidence in a coal block allocation scam case in which accused firm Rathi Steel and Power Limited (RSPL) and its three officials are facing trial.<\/p>\n<p>Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar has now fixed the matter for recording of statements of accused on December 15.<\/p>\n<p>The court had earlier framed charges against RSPL and its three top officials \u2013 Managing Director Pradeep Rathi, Chief Executive Officer Udit Rathi and AGM Kushal Aggarwal, for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy read with cheating.<\/p>\n<p>While framing charges, the court had observed that the accused had conspired and furnished wrong information to get the coal block and \u201cmisappropriated\u201d nationalised natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allocation of Kesla North coal block in Chhattisgarh to RSPL.<\/p>\n<p>After the court had framed charges against them, all the accused had pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.<\/p>\n<p>The three individual accused were earlier granted bail by the court after they had appeared before it pursuant to the summons issued against them.<\/p>\n<p>CBI had chargesheeted RSPL and Udit Rathi only as an accused for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy and cheating.<\/p>\n<p>After considering the charge sheet, the court had issued summons to all four accused, including Pradeep Rathi and Kushal Aggarwal.<\/p>\n<p>It had noted that these officials had appeared before the screening committee to make a representation and submit a feedback form on February 7, 2008 on behalf of RSPL.<\/p>\n<p>CBI had lodged an FIR against RSPL, its directors, Udit Rathi and members of the 36th screening committee and other unnamed persons for offences under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating) of the IPC and under Prevention of Corruption Act.<\/p>\n<p>A charge sheet was later filed against RSPL and Udit Rathi only. Regarding other directors of RSPL or members of the 36th screening committee, CBI had said allegations against them could not be substantiated during the probe.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special court today concluded recording of prosecution evidence in a coal block allocation scam case in which accused firm Rathi Steel and Power Limited (RSPL) and its three officials are facing trial. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar has now fixed the matter for recording of statements of accused on December 15. The court had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38299,"featured_media":37779,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1954],"tags":[12975,34673,146,32748,31987,117],"class_list":["post-40019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-profile-cases","tag-coal-scam","tag-coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence","tag-court","tag-criminal-news","tag-featured","tag-law"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence : 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\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence\" \/>\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=\"2015-11-23T05:15:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\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\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\"},\"headline\":\"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-23T05:15:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence\"},\"wordCount\":341,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"coal scam\",\"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence\",\"Court\",\"Criminal news\",\"featured\",\"Law\"],\"articleSection\":[\"High Profile Cases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence\",\"name\":\"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-23T05:15:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\",\"width\":300,\"height\":225},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"High Profile Cases\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/high-profile-cases\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence\"}]},{\"@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":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence","description":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence : 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\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence","og_description":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2015-11-23T05:15:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":225,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam.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\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence"},"author":{"name":"Legal India News","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26"},"headline":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence","datePublished":"2015-11-23T05:15:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence"},"wordCount":341,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1","keywords":["coal scam","Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence","Court","Criminal news","featured","Law"],"articleSection":["High Profile Cases"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence","name":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1","datePublished":"2015-11-23T05:15:23+00:00","description":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1","width":300,"height":225},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-prosecution-evidence#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"High Profile Cases","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of prosecution evidence"}]},{"@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\/coal-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40467,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-statements-2","url_meta":{"origin":40019,"position":0},"title":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of statements","author":"Legal India News","date":"December 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A special court on Wednesday concluded recording of statements of accused in a coal block allocation scam case in which firm Rathi Steel and Power Limited (RSPL) and its three officials are facing trial. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar has now fixed the case for January 13 next year for\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":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of statements","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":44106,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-rspl-officials-get-3-yrs-jail","url_meta":{"origin":40019,"position":1},"title":"Coal scam: RSPL officials get up to 3 yrs in jail","author":"Legal India News","date":"July 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A special court today awarded varying jail terms of up to three years to three officials of Rathi Steel and Power Ltd (RSPL) who were convicted in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in allocation of Kesla North coal block in Chhattisgarh to the firm. Special CBI Judge Bharat\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: RSPL officials get up to 3 yrs in jail","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":44084,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-convicts-rspl3-officials-scam-case","url_meta":{"origin":40019,"position":2},"title":"Court convicts RSPL,3 officials in scam case","author":"Legal India News","date":"July 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A special court today convicted Rathi Steel and Power Ltd (RSPL) and its three officials in a case pertaining to irregularities in allocation of Kesla North coal block in Chhattisgarh to the firm. Special CBI judge Bharat Parashar held the firm and its officials -- Managing Director Pradeep Rathi, Chief\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":"Court convicts RSPL,3 officials in scam case","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/download.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":39983,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-court-concludes-recording-of-statements","url_meta":{"origin":40019,"position":3},"title":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of statements","author":"Legal India News","date":"November 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A special court today concluded recording of statements of accused in a coal block allocation case in which accused firm Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL) and its two directors R S Rungta and R C Rungta are facing trial. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar has fixed the matter for November\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":"Coal scam: Court concludes recording of statements","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":44485,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-delhi-hc-extends-bail-rspl-officials","url_meta":{"origin":40019,"position":4},"title":"Coal scam: Delhi HC extends bail of RSPL officials","author":"Legal India News","date":"August 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court today extended the bail granted to three top Rathi Steel and Power Ltd (RSPL) officials who were sentenced to varying jail terms in a coal block allocation scam case. Justice Mukta Gupta extended the relief given to RSPL's 34-year-old Chief Executive Officer Udit Rathi, 60-year-old Managing Director\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":"Coal scam: Delhi HC extends bail of RSPL officials","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":[]},{"id":38270,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coalscam-court-allows-cbis-plea-to-place-fresh-documents","url_meta":{"origin":40019,"position":5},"title":"Coalscam: Court allows CBI&#8217;s plea to place fresh documents","author":"Legal India News","date":"July 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A special court has allowed a plea filed byCBI seeking its permission to place on record some fresh documents and adding names of six more witnesses in acoal block allocation case involving Delhi-based Rathi Steel and Power Limited (RSPL) and its three officials. The agency had moved an application before\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":"Coalscam: Court allows CBI's plea to place fresh documents","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":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-apt","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40019","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=40019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}