"We are not going into it. Whether your case was considered by the
screening committee or not is not an issue. We have already held that
the entire process was flawed and illegal," a three judge-bench headed
by Justice Madan B Lokur said.
"Since the writ petitions have already been disposed of, these impleadment applications cannot be allowed. We had held that all the allocations were illegal and hence, consequences will follow," the bench, also comprising justices Kurian Joseph and A K Sikri, said.
The court, on September 24, had quashed allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks alloted to various companies since 1993 terming it as "fatally flawed" and allowed the Centre to take over operation of 42 such blocks which are functional.
During the hearing today, the counsel for some of the affected firms referred to the CAG findings and the court's judgement and said that they only dealt with overground mining and consequential illegal gains made by the companies concerned and did not relate to the underground mines.
"Since the writ petitions have already been disposed of, these impleadment applications cannot be allowed. We had held that all the allocations were illegal and hence, consequences will follow," the bench, also comprising justices Kurian Joseph and A K Sikri, said.
The court, on September 24, had quashed allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks alloted to various companies since 1993 terming it as "fatally flawed" and allowed the Centre to take over operation of 42 such blocks which are functional.
During the hearing today, the counsel for some of the affected firms referred to the CAG findings and the court's judgement and said that they only dealt with overground mining and consequential illegal gains made by the companies concerned and did not relate to the underground mines.
Source: News in Hindi and Newspaper
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