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.
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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