Manmohan Coal scam case may not come up before 2018

NEW DELHI: Those worrying about Manmohan Singh because of a trial court summoning him as an accused in a coal scam-related case can afford to relax. The former PM’s appeal challenging the order appears to have gone into deep freeze and is unlikely to be heard by the Supreme Court at least in the next three years. 

A bench of Justices V Gopala Gowda and C Nagappan had on April 1 ‘admitted’ Singh’s appeal, stayed the summons and all proceedings initiated by the trial court against the ex-PM and other accused. 

The words ‘admit’ and ‘grant of leave’ on special leave petitions have special significance in Supreme Court procedures. Whenever the court finds that a substantial question of law has been raised by a petitioner requiring detailed hearing, which could span days together, it grants leave or ‘admits’ the petitions to be heard later without assigning a date. 

While admitting special leave petitions of Singh and others, the bench said, “Since certain important substantial questions of law as well as the constitutional validity of Section 13(1)(d)(iii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 are raised in the instant petitions, we are of the view that these matters require examination.”

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Source:Timesofindia