New Delhi: The Supreme Court today justified the court-monitored CBI investigation into coal blocks allocation scam, which allegedly caused Rs 1.86 lakh crore loss to the exchequer, saying it would retain public confidence in the impartial inquiry into the alleged crime.
Further, the concern of the court is that “there is no undue delay in the investigation and the probe is conducted in a free and fair manner with no external interference” as there have been allegations that coal blocks were allocated for “extraneous considerations by unknown public servants in connivance with businessmen, industrialists and middlemen”.
While giving reasons for favouring the court-monitored probe, a bench headed by justice R M Lodha said “the court is of the view that a fair, proper and full investigation by CBI into every accusation in respect of allocation of coal blocks shall help in retaining public confidence in the conduct of inquiry/investigation.”
