CBI to submit report on coal blocks allocation on January 13

The CBI is expected to submit on Monday a sealed status report to the Supreme Court on developments in the probe into alleged irregularities in coal blocks allocation between 1993 and 2009. In the ongoing court-monitored probe, the agency has so far registered 16 regular cases accusing several private companies, their directors and unknown government servants of entering into a conspiracy by extending undue favours, cheating and misrepresenting facts to obtain coal blocks.

In most cases, the agency found that the companies had not even begun mining. The Centre earlier this week conceded before the Court that “in hindsight, we can say something has gone wrong, and some correction is required to be done”, and Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati submitted that the government would apprise the Court of its decision on the matter in a week.