The Supreme Court today refused to grant exemption to former union minister Santosh Bagrodia from personal appearance as accused before a special court tomorrow. A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur said that the court will examine his plea in eight or ten days after he appears before the court tomorrow. <br/><br/>Former Minister of State for Coal in ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet has been summoned as accused by special CBI court in a case concerning allocation of Maharashtra's Bander coal block to AMR Iron and Steel Pvt Ltd.<br/><br/>Bagrodia's counsel sought parity in grant of relief given to former Prime Minister in another case of coal scam but he failed to get similar relief. The apex court on April 2 had stayed the trial court order summoning Singh as accused in a case pertaining to grant of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha in 2005 to Aditya Birla group company Hindalco.