The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on cancellation of coal allocation blocks and issues relating to the de- allocation of those blocks without environmental clearance.
It may be mentioned that a CAG report on coal block allocation had stated that nearly 150 coalfields were allotted to private and state-run firms without transparency and objectivity between 2005 and 2009.
The coal blocks were alloted in Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh to private companies and parties.
The Bench headed by Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, had said in January this year, huge investments by companies could not be a ground for not cancelling the licence.
After the centre de-allocated 40 coal blocks, the court had further suggested de-allocation of 29 blocks allotted to private companies as well.
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