The Delhi high court on Friday sought the response from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the appeals filed by Directors of Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL), RS Rungta and RC Rungta, challenging their conviction and the four-year sentence awarded to them in a coal scam case.
Justice Siddharth Mridul issued a notice to the CBI and asked the agency to file its reply on the petitions by May 6, the next date of hearing.
“Issue notice. Advocate Tarannum Cheema (for CBI) accepts notice and seeks time to file reply,” the court said.
During the brief hearing, Cheema told the Bench that coal scam matters have been monitored by the Supreme Court and the CBI would inform the Apex Court about these appeals on May 5.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared for Rungtas, said that both RC Rungta and RS Rungta have been awarded four-year jail by the special court. A special court had on April 4 sentenced the Rungtas to jail in the coal scam case, lamenting that India was lagging behind in development due to such “unscrupulous businessmen”.
It was the first case in the coal scam which was decided by the special court.