Court defers hearing in coal block case involving Jindal

New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to supply deficient documents to the accused in a coal block allocation case against Jindal Steel and deferred the hearing to July 13.

After directing the probe agency to supply the documents, Special Judge Bharat Parashar posted the matter for July 13.


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The court was hearing the case related to to the allocation of Jharkhand’s Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block to Jindal Steel and Gagan Sponge.

Industrialist Naveen Jindal, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, former union minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao, former coal secretary H.C. Gupta and others have been named as accused in the case.

They have been charge-sheeted for criminal conspiracy and cheating under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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