Supreme Court appoints Special Judge, SPP for coalgate probe

The Supreme Court on Friday appointed Additional Sessions Judge Bharat Parashar to preside over the Special Court set up for exclusively holding trial in cases of coal block allocation scam and named senior advocate R S Cheema as Special Public Prosecutor to conduct prosecution of thw high and mighty allegedly involved in it. The apex court directed competent authorities to come out with the notifications within two weeks on appointment of the Special Judge and Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) and ordered trial of the cases on a day-to-day basis with a direction that no other courts other than the apex court would entertain or intervene in the matters arising out of Coalgate.