Coal scam: Chronology of events

Indian laborers load coal onto trucks at a coal depot on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. India's opposition lawmakers have been demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resign after an audit found the government lost huge sums of money by selling coal fields without competitive bidding. The auditor's report estimated that private companies got a windfall profit of $34 billion because of the low prices they paid for the coal fields. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) The Supreme Court, on August 25, 2014 ruled that coal blocks allocated by the government between 1993 and 2010 were illegal. Following is the chronology of events leading to the judgement:Coal block allocation: chronology of eventsJuly 14, 1992A number of coal blocks, which were not in the production plan of Coal In