Delhi HC was hearing ED's plea against a single-judge order that had quashed attachment of assets worth Rs 122.74 cr of Prakash Industries, the company allotted the Fatehpur coal block.
Special CBI judge also discharges RKM Powergen, the company allotted the Fatehpur East coal block in Chhattisgarh, and two of its officials, saying its application made it the ‘most deserving’ firm
HC order revives the Enforcement Directorate’s attachment of the gains made by Prakash Industries through the allotment of Chhattisgarh’s Chotia coal block.
Coal ministry officials HC Gupta & KS Kropha were members of screening committee that cleared JICPL’s application in 2008. A special CBI court held there was no illegality in allocation.
5 yrs after approving CBI request to prosecute KC Samria in 4 cases, DoPT backtracked on 5 others after learning KC Samria wasn’t in the coal allocation section when companies applied.
In one of the cases against ex-coal ministry officers HC Gupta & KS Kropha, the trial court held that administrative lapses, without any quid pro quo, cannot be considered criminal acts.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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