New Delhi: In a major relief for former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the Patiala House Court on Friday refused to summon him as an accused in the coal block allocation scam. Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda had demanded the summoning of Manmohan Singh as an accused in a coal scam case.
Koda had alleged that Manmohan Singh also held the coal portfolio at that time.
The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block to Jindal group firms -- Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and Gagan Sponge Iron Pvt Ltd (GSIPL).
Koda, who is one of the 15 accused in the case, had moved an application seeking to summon Manmohan Singh and two others -- Anand Swaroop, then Secretary (Energy), and Jai Shankar Tiwari, then Secretary (Mines and Geology)-- as additional accused in the case.
Earlier, former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao had supported Koda's plea for summoning of Manmohan Singh while claiming that the office of the then Prime Minister had allocated a coal block to Jindal group after examining and re-examining the matter.
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