Coal scam: Court to consider CBI's charge sheet on July 1

A special court today decided to consider in July CBI's charge sheet in a case of alleged irregularities in allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh to Delhi-based firm Pushp Steels and Mining Pvt Ltd.
The agency, which had filed the charge sheet in the case on May 20, submitted documents relating to the matter before Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar, who said he would first go through it.
"Copies of relevant documents have been filed. Matter be put up for consideration on July one," the court said.
CBI had lodged an FIR against Pushp Steels and Mining Pvt Ltd and others in April 2013 alleging that the company had misrepresented facts while applying for the coal block.

The agency had conducted searches at various places in Delhi, Ghaziabad and Raipur in Chhattisgarh at the offices and factory of the firm as well as the residential premises of its Directors Atul Jain and Sanjay Jain.
It had alleged that the company got mining lease on the basis of recommendation from Chhattisgarh Government despite having no experience and lacking enough capital required for starting mining operations.

The charge sheet was filed for alleged offences under section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) read with section 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant) of the IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The firm was alloted Brahmapuri coal blocks in Chhattisgarh on the recommendation by the Screening Committee for its proposed Sponge Iron End Use Project in Durg district.
CBI had earlier claimed that the allocation of Brahmapuri coal block was done on the basis of alleged false information that it possessed an iron ore mining lease, when it had none.
"It was further alleged that the company did not have any experience in steel manufacturing and the net worth of the group companies/firms was around Rs 3.01 crores which was insignificant," it had said.