A Special Court in New Delhi will hear on the 2nd of next month, the plea of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as additional accused in a coal scam case.<br/><br/>Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar also posted the matter for arguments on framing of charges in the case from October 5 to October 8.<br/><br/>Koda had moved the application for summoning Singh as an accused along with Anand Swaroop, the then Secretary (Energy), and Jai Shankar Tiwari, the then Secretary (Mines and Geology).<br/><br/>CBI has earlier charge sheeted former congress MP Naveen Jindal and others in the case. <br/><br/>Jindal, Koda, and 13 others were charge sheeted by CBI in a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand to two Jindal group companies, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) and Gagan Sponge Iron Private Ltd (GSIPL).

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's plea seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others as additional accused in a coal scam case will be heard on the 2nd of next month, a Special Court today said.<br/><br/>Former MP Naveen Jindal and others were earlier charge sheeted by CBI in the case.<br/><br/>Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar also posted the matter for arguments on framing of charges in the case from October 5 to October 8 after all the accused said that scrutiny of documents filed along with the charge sheet was complete.<br/><br/>