SC Closes Criminal Case Against Former PM Manmohan Singh in Coal Block Allocation Case
The bench said there was no sufficient material to pursue corruption charges and accepted two CBI closure reports filed in 2014.
- On Wednesday, July 29, 2026, The Supreme Court closed the criminal case against former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding the Talabira-II coal block allocation, setting aside previous summoning orders.
- The 2005 allocation of the Talabira-II coal block in Odisha to Hindalco Industries Ltd prompted two Central Bureau of Investigation closure reports in 2014, which the Special Court judge rejected.
- A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant found no "sufficient material or good reason" to reject the closure reports, determining the trial judge lacked a "compelling reason" for adverse observations against Singh.
- Singh, who passed away on December 27, 2024, stands formally acquitted posthumously as the Supreme Court proceeded with the appeal despite his demise to address the lack of legal sanction for prosecution.
- The apex court's ruling sets aside the impugned judgment, effectively ending the high-profile criminal case that also involved industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former coal secretary P C Parakh.
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SC closes case against former PM Manmohan Singh in coal block allocation case
New Delhi, Jul 29: The Supreme Court on Wednesday closed a criminal case against former prime minister Manmohan Singh in a coal block allocation case while setting aside a summoning order passed against him. Singh, who passed away on December 27 2024, now stands formally acquitted in the high-profile criminal case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana accepted the CBI's closure report giving a cle…
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