<span style="color: #222222;">A special Delhi court today ordered framing of charges against industrialist Naveen Jindal and four others in a case pertaining to coal block allocation scam. Special judge Bharat Parashar ordered framing of charges under sections 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code against Jindal and the others.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Besides Jindal, the charges have been framed against Jindal Steel and Power Limited's former director Sushil Maroo, former deputy managing director Anand Goyal, chief executive officer Vikrant Gujral and the company's authorised signatory D N Abrol.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The court was hearing a matter pertaining to the allocation of the Urban North coal block in Madhya Pradesh. It has now put up the matter for 25th of this month for formally framing the charges against the accused.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Jindal is named as accused, along with former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao and ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, in another case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' According to the CBI charge sheet in this case, the accused had misrepresented facts in its January 2007 application before the Screening Committee, responsible for recommending coal block allocation, for obtaining the Madhya Pradesh coal block and hence cheated the Coal Ministry to get wrongful gains.</span><br />