SC Orders Central Govt to Produce Records on Coal Block Identification Wed Sep 18,2013

The Supreme Court on Wednesday Sep 18,2013 asked the Centre to produce all records and booklets of the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) relating to identification of coal blocks so that it could proceed further in the hearing of the ‘coal block allocation case.’ 

A 3-judge Bench of Justices R.M. Lodha, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph, hearing petitions filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma and Common Cause and others, posted a series of questions to the Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati and said “unless the first step, the issue of identification of coal blocks was answered, we can’t proceed further.”

With the Attorney General seeking time, the Bench adjourned the hearing to Sep 24,2013 to enable the government to produce the relevant records