The Supreme Court on Tuesday criticised CBI over its handling of the Hindalco coal block allocation case and asked why it did not question former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the then coal minister regarding this investigation.

“Shouldn’t the Prime Minister and coal minister have been questioned in the coal scam case involving Kumarmangalam Birla and others,” the special court remarked.

The CBI replied that it did question the PMO officials, but didn’t feel it was necessary to the coal minister.

“The then Coal Minister was not permitted to be examined,” the CBI said.

The court asked for case diary in sealed envelope alongside some other documents in the case.

The next hearing will be on November 27.

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