Coal block scam case in SC: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh gets clean chit 2 years after his death

SC gave clean chit to Manmohan Singh in coal block caseNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has given a clean-chit to ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the coal block allocation scam case, nearly two years after his demise.A special judge in SC quashed the summoning order and accepted closure reports filed by CBI.The case pertains to the alleged irregular allocation of the Talabira-II coal block in Odisha to Hindalco Industries during the UPA government's tenure, when then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also held the coal portfolio.In March 2015, a Delhi trial court summoned Singh as an accused despite the CBI filing a closure report, holding that there was prima facie evidence to proceed against him, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, former coal secretary PC Parakh and others.​​Singh challenge