Examine illegalities by Jindal,Adani,SC tells committee

The Supreme Court asked its expert committee to examine the alleged illegalities committed by other major companies involved in mining activities

The Supreme Court on Friday asked its expert committee to examine the alleged illegalities committed by other major companies involved in mining activities in Bellary district of Karnataka and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh which have been indicted in the Lokayukta report.

An NGO,Samaj Parivartana Samudaya,has sought the extention of the CBI probe to cover the two other major companies of M/s Adani Enterprises and M/s Jindal Steel (JSW) that have been strongly indicted in the Lokayukta report for illegal mining of iron and ore.

However,a special Forest Bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said it cannot straight away accept the plea of extending the CBI probe on the basis of the Lokayukta report and would ask the apex-court appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) and Attorney General

GE Vahanvati to look into the issue.

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We will ask the CEC and the Attorney General to look into it, the Bench,also comprising Justices Aftab Alam and Swatanter Kumar,said.

We are equally concerned about the issue but it has to be done within a proper legal framework. We want to go in a particular and systematic manner, the Bench said while posting the matter for January 20.

The apex court had on September 23 directed a CBI probe against two companies Associated Mining Co (AMC) and Deccan Mining Syndicate for alleged illegal mining of iron and ore.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan,appearing for the NGO,said the Lokayukta report had made detailed and specific charges of serious illegalities against Adani Enterprises and Jindal Steel.

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