The Supreme Court Friday restrained the CBI from filing any chargesheet or closure report in coal scam cases till it decides whether the investigating agency deputed director Ranjit Sinha to deal with the probe and prosecution for coal block allocation scam.
The apex court bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph initially directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to not file any closure report till it decides on an application by NGO Common Cause.
The bench subsequently restrained the CBI from filing the chargesheet in any case as it ordered status quo.
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