{"id":6610,"date":"2026-07-30T01:29:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2026-07-30T01:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:29:04","slug":"manmohan-singh-2-years-after-death-supreme-court-clears-former-pm-manmohan-singh-in-coalgate-case-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=6610","title":{"rendered":"Manmohan Singh: 2 years after death, Supreme Court clears former PM Manmohan Singh in Coalgate case | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132724525,imgsize-42958,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sc-clears-name-of-manmohan-singh-in-coalgate-case.jpg\" alt=\"2 years after death, Supreme Court clears former PM Manmohan Singh in Coalgate case\" title=\"File photo: Former PM Manmohan Singh\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"File photo: Former PM Manmohan Singh\">File photo: Former PM Manmohan Singh<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: More than 11 years after a Delhi court sensationally summoned former PM <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/manmohan-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manmohan Singh<\/a> as an accused in a coal block allotment scam case, the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> Wednesday gave him a clean chit, closing the case nearly two years after his demise.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Special judge Bharat Parashar, presiding over trials in coal block allotment scam cases which were investigated by the CBI under the SC\u2019s monitoring, had on March 11, 2015, issued summons to Singh in the case relating to irregular allocation of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha to Kumar Mangalam Birla-owned Hindalco. Singh held the charge of coal ministry at the time of the allocation in question.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Parashar, now the secretary general of SC, had declined to close the cases despite the CBI filing two successive reports \u2014 on Aug 27, 2014, and Oct 21, 2014 \u2014 recommending the same.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Since the Supreme Court had barred Delhi HC from entertaining appeals against interim orders of the special judge, Singh moved SC challenging trial court\u2019s order.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>A bench of Justices V Gopala Gowda and C Nagappan had on April 1, 2015, stayed the summoning order, saving the ex-PM the embarrassment of appearing as an accused in the Patiala House Court complex.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>On Wednesday, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who had earlier successfully argued in SC for staying the proceedings against Singh, told a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalaya Bagchi and V Mohana that though the proceedings would abate due to Singh\u2019s demise in Nov 2024, the court should remove the trial court\u2019s observations against the ex-PM in the summoning order.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi joined Sibal to reiterate the request.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Both the special public prosecutor and senior advocate R S Cheema and additional solicitor general S V Raju had recused themselves, leaving the court with the task of perusing the CBI closure reports on its own before passing the order.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The CJI-led bench said the demise of an accused would ordinarily result in the abatement of case against him. After perusing the closure reports, it allowed Singh\u2019s appeal and quashed the trial court\u2019s order taking cognisance of the crime and issuing summons to Singh.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/2-years-after-death-supreme-court-clears-former-pm-manmohan-singh-in-coalgate-case\/articleshow\/132724513.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo: Former PM Manmohan Singh NEW DELHI: More than 11 years after a Delhi court sensationally summoned former PM Manmohan Singh as an accused in a coal block allotment scam case, the Supreme Court Wednesday gave him a clean chit, closing the case nearly two years after his demise.Special judge Bharat Parashar, presiding over 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