: Coal scam: SC appoints two special judges to hear pending cases #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Monday appointed Arun Bhardwaj and Sanjay Bansal as special judges to preside over two separate courts

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Coal scam: SC appoints two special judges to hear pending cases #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Monday appointed Arun Bhardwaj and Sanjay Bansal as special judges to preside over two separate courts to continue hearing over 40 pending cases in connection with the coal block allocation scam, Bar and Bench reported. A bench led by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde selected the two senior judges on the basis of a panel of names handed over by the Delhi High Court Registrar General. They will replace Judge Bharat Parashar, who has been hearing the cases since 2014.The Supreme Court had requested the High Court to give names of judicial officers with “high calibre and absolute integrity??? to replace Parashar. The court had taken note of the submission of Special Public Prosecutor RS Cheema that as per the law, cases such as these need to be disposed within a period of two years, which may be extended upto four times by periods of six months each, according to Bar and Bench. The CJI Bobde-led bench also took note of the fact that Parashar had been acting as the special judge in the matter since 2014. It said that it was time to replace him.During the hearing on Monday, the bench revealed that it received a set of five names for the role. “We...Read more

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