Coal block scam case in SC: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh gets clean chit 2 years after his death
The Supreme Court of India has closed the coal block allocation case against former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh following his death in 2024. The court quashed the previous summoning order, effectively clearing his name in the long-standing legal matter.
Why it matters
This concludes a high-profile legal case involving a former head of state, removing the cloud of litigation that had persisted for over a decade.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has given a clean-chit to ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the coal block allocation scam case, nearly two years after his demise.A special judge in SC quashed the summoning order and accepted closure reports filed by CBI.The case pertains to the alleged irregular allocation of the Talabira-II coal block in Odisha to Hindalco Industries during the UPA government's tenure, when then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also held the coal portfolio.In March 2015, a Delhi trial court summoned Singh as an accused despite the CBI filing a closure report, holding that there was prima facie evidence to proceed against him, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, former coal secretary…
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