Supreme Court Quashes Charges Due to Lack of Criminal Intent in Coal Disposal Case, Citing Civil Dispute Nature.

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....The summary covers the key aspects of the Supreme Court's judgment, including the Court's findings on the following critical issues: The CBI primarily relied on the CAG's Audit Report as the starting point for initiating prosecution against the appellants, which cannot be accepted as decisive without parliamentary approval. The Karnataka High Court's judgment clarifying no criminality can be attributed to KECML based on the same facts is persuasive. The denial of sanctions by sanctioning authorities to prosecute senior KPCL officers involved in the same matter weakens the case against the appellants. The absence of a national policy for disposal of coal rejects and the agreements allowing KECML to dispose them safely without accounting to K.........