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The Supreme Court appointed a caller judge, Sunaina Sharma, connected Monday (January 12, 2026) to behaviour the trials successful the ember scam cases being probed by the CBI.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant recorded submissions by peculiar nationalist authoritative and elder advocator R. S. Cheema, that incumbent Special CBI Judge Sanjay Bansal was allowed to proceed from April 8, 2025, for a play of six months.
Mr. Cheema said that much than 8 months had passed since then.
The Bench considered the names of 3 judicial officers submitted by the Delhi High Court to regenerate Judge Bansal.
“We name Sunaina Sharma arsenic a peculiar justice (the Prevention of Corruption Act/CBI/coal artifact allocation cases). The High Court is astatine liberty to question replacement of the aforesaid successful lawsuit of immoderate exigency,” the CJI ordered.
The Bench besides directed the apex tribunal registry to database the pleas related to the ember scam cases earlier an due Bench.
On April 8, 2025, the Bench had relieved different Special CBI Judge, Arun Bhardwaj, and replaced him with Dheeraj Mor.
A full of 29 corruption cases filed by the CBI are presently pending earlier 2 peculiar courts acceptable up to effort ember scam cases; different 27 cases person been disposed of truthful far.
On January 16, 2025, the Directorate of Enforcement informed the apical tribunal that 45 prosecution complaints (ED’s equivalent of a chargesheet), including supplementary ones, were pending nether the PMLA. The apical tribunal had successful 2014 quashed the allocation of 214 ember blocks by the Centre betwixt 1993 and 2010.
