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Former PM Manmohan Singh's Plea to be Heard by Special Bench: Supreme Court
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INDIA
, 7-October-2015
4:4:42 AM |
The Supreme Court today made it clear that the appeal of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, challenging the trial court order summoning him as an accused in a coal scam case, would be heard by a special bench which has been hearing such cases.
The observation was made by a bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu when senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Mr Singh, sought an early hearing of the appeal filed by former Prime Minister.
"This is the matter which is not entirely related to the coal allocation case," Mr Sibal said.
"We will refer this to the coal bench and you go before that bench and convince them that this is not a coal matter," the bench said.
The bench, also comprising justice Arun Mishra, said that this matter will be listed next week.
Minutes after the development, senior advocate Harish Salve appearing for Hindalco, mentioned the plea before the bench and sought the hearing after Diwali vacation. The plea was resisted by Mr Sibal.
"These all are that matter. They should be heard together," Mr Salve said. The submissions of Salve were supported by another senior advocate KK Venugopal who appeared for former minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia, also an accused in another coal scam case.
The bench, which tentatively agreed with Mr Salve's plea and fixed the matters for hearing on November 17, later asked the lawyers to arrive at a consensus with regard to the date of hearing and then mention it together before the bench.
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