Coal scam: Court to pass order on CBI's Hindalco closure report on Dec 16

A Special Court on Friday reserved for December 16 its order on the the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) closure report in the Hindalco coal blocks allocation scam case.

"Certain clarifications sought. Put up for order on December 16," Special CBI judge Bharat Parashar said during the hearing of a case in which an FIR was lodged against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, ex-Coal Secretary P C Parakh and others relating to allocation of Talabira II and III coal blocks in Odisha in 2005 to Hindalco.

During the brief hearing, the court asked the investigation agency about certain documents related to the case that have been mentioned in the closure report.

Responding to this, the CBI investigating officer clarified that all related documents have been filed on court record.