A special court in New Delhi today reserved for April 4 its order on the quantum of punishment for Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited (JIPL) and its two directors in a coal block case. While arguing before special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar, the CBI said the convicts had committed economic offences with calculated minds so they deserved no leniency and maximum punishment be given to them. <br/><br/>Earlier on the 28th of this month, the court had held JIPL and it's two directors R S Rungta and R C Rungta guilty of various charges including deceiving and defrauding the government to bag a coal block in the Jharkhand. Rungtas and JIPL are the first ones to be convicted among the several coal scam cases going on in the court. Besides this, 19 other cases investigated by the CBI are pending before court, which was set up to exclusively deal with all coal scam matters.
News On AIR | March 31, 2016 2:10 PM
Coal scam: Court to pronounce jail term for JIPL directors on April 4