Special CBI Court Summons Hindalco, Senior Official, Ex-CEO In Decade-Old Coal Scam Case
The summons have been issued in grave criminal charges, including criminal breach of trust and fraud.
The Rouse Avenue Court of New Delhi has summoned Hindalco Industries Ltd and two officials to appear before the court on May 6, as per the order uploaded on the court website on April 8 in a decade-old coal scam case. The summoned officials are SK Tamotia and PRS Mani.
The summons have been issued in grave criminal charges, including criminal breach of trust and fraud.
"It is submitted that cognisance of the offences u/s 120B r/w 409 of IPC and substantive offences thereof be taken and the accused be summoned," the court said.
According to the central agency, CBI, the company continued its mining operations beyond the permitted mining plan and extracted around 4.8 million tonnes of coal from 2004 to 2005 and in 2011. This led the federal agency to file a case in 2015, and years of investigation followed. Finally, the agency filed a chargesheet, and the court took cognisance in 2025.
"Cognisance of the offence u/s 120B r/w 409 of IPC and substantive offences thereof is taken. Prosecution has made out a prima facie case for summoning the accused for facing the trial for the aforesaid offences," the order stated.
Other allegations that the court observed in its order relate to the capacity of Hindalco's existing plant.
"The allegations against the company were highlighted, which are mainly that the coal was used for the existing plant and not for increasing the capacity of the said existing plant or for the 50 MW CPP at Rayagada for which it was allocated," the order read.
