Was rule of law followed in coal blocks allocation: Court asks CBI
3 Sept 2014 4:51 AM IST
On the CBI’s closure report for not finding any criminality in allocation of coal blocks to Kumar Mangalam Birla’s Hindalco, the court asked the probing agency, whether rule of law was followed while allocating the blocks. During the hearing, CBI told Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar that initially the screening committee had not recommended allocation of coal blocks to Hindalco but later on it reviewed its decision at the request of Birla and said that blocks be given to Hindalco.
The judge however said that we are not here to see whether coal blocks were rightly allocated but we have to see whether rule of law was followed. ‘You (CBI) have to clarify three things. First, whether the rule of law was followed or not. Second is whether there was an act of omission or commission in it and the last one is whether the act of omission or commission, if any, has an element of criminality, ‘ said the Judge.
The judge however said that we are not here to see whether coal blocks were rightly allocated but we have to see whether rule of law was followed. ‘You (CBI) have to clarify three things. First, whether the rule of law was followed or not. Second is whether there was an act of omission or commission in it and the last one is whether the act of omission or commission, if any, has an element of criminality, ‘ said the Judge.
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