SC asks CEC to examine 'illegalities' by JSW, Adani in mining

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today asked its expert committee to examine the alleged illegalities committed by other major companies involved in mining activities in Bellary district of Karnataka and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh which have been indicted in the Lokayukta report.

An NGO, Samaj Parivartana Samudaya, has sought the extention of the CBI probe to cover the two other major companies of M/s Adani Enterprises and M/s Jindal Steel ( JSW) that have been strongly indicted in the Lokayukta report for illegal mining of iron and ore.

However, a special forest bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said it cannot straight away accept the plea of extending the CBI probe on the basis of the Lokayukta report and would ask the apex-court appointed Central Empowered Committee ( CEC) and Attorney General G E Vahanvati to look into the issue.