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Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda awarded three-year jail term, Rs 25 lakh fine in coal scam case

Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and ex-coal secretary HC Gupta were on Saturday sentenced to three years imprisonment by a special court here in a case of coal block allocation scam.

Coal scam: HC Gupta’s conviction is in order but Manmohan Singh's acquittal can be questioned

The CBI court was perhaps wrong to hold that the country’s top political executive – in this case Manmohan Singh – should be let off completely on the pretext that he was misled by the civil servants

Coal gate hearing: Manmohan Singh had no reason to presume non-compliance by company, says court

A special court investigating the coal scam case said that Manmohan Singh could not have presumed that guidelines were not followed in the allocation of coal blocks.

Coal scam: CBI urges court to award ex-coal secretary HC Gupta seven years for criminal conspiracy

The CBI has urged a special court in New Delhi to award the maximum punishment of seven years jail term to former coal secretary HC Gupta for cheating and criminal conspiracy in allocation of a coal block to a private firm.

Coal scam case: Former coal secretary HC Gupta convicted by CBI court

CBI court convicts former coal secy H C Gupta in coal scam case. The court will pronounce the order on quantum of sentence on 22 May.

Coal scam: Final arguments against ex-Coal Secretary HC Gupta concluded

The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allocation of Thesgora-B Rudrapuri coal block in Madhya Pradesh to KSSPL.

Coal Scam: CBI files fresh charge sheet against ex-coal secy HC Gupta

The CBI has, reportedly, claimed that the accused hatched a criminal conspiracy to cheat the Screening Committee, in order to bag mining contract

Honesty as offence: This Gandhian bureaucrat’s travails expose our criminal justice

Few would know that former coal secretary Harish Chandra Gupta’s travails in facing trials on various corruption charges in a specially designated CBI court and the Supreme Court on the coal scam have already taken a heavy toll on governance.

IAS officers' body seeks to meet Modi, says upright officers should not be harrassed

HC Gupta is concerned, he is known in the entire civil service as an upright, sincere, honest officer and enjoys a very good reputation, Bhoosreddy said.

Court frames charges against Coal Secretary HC Gupta and four others

Paving the way for trial in a coal allocation case, a court on Friday framed charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy against former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and four others