Delhi High Court today sought the response of CBI on the appeals filed by Directors of Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL), R S Rungta and R C Rungta, challenging their conviction and the four-year sentence awarded to them in a coal scam case.<br/><br/>Justice Siddharth Mridul issued notice to CBI and asked the agency to file its reply on the petitions by May 6, the<br/>next date of hearing.<br/><br/>During the brief hearing, Cheema told the bench that coal scam matters have been monitored by the Supreme Court and the CBI will inform the apex court about these appeals on May 5.<br/><br/>A special court had on April 4 sentenced both the Rungtas to jail in the coal scam case, lamenting that India was lagging behind in development due to such "unscrupulous businessmen".<br/><br/>It was the first case in the coal scam which was decided by the special court, constituted exclusively to deal with all such cases.<br/><br/>Besides this case, 19 other cases investigated by the CBI in the coal scam are pending before the special court. Two other cases probed by ED are also pending before the court.