The Supreme Court today set up a special court to exclusively hold trial of the coal blocks allocation scam. It asked the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court to nominate a judge within a week to deal with the cases arising out of the investigation conducted by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate.

A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha also decided to appoint an eminent lawyer as Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) for conducting the trial proceedings before the special court in the national capital. The bench asked all the stakeholders to hold consultation for unanimous choice on the appointment of SPP, for conducting the trial of cases arising out of the probe in the coal blocks allocation scam.