Manmohan Singh moves Supreme Court challenging CBI summons
Singh has been named as one of the accused in the Talabira coal block allocation case.He has been asked to appear before the court on April 8.
Reports said the former PM may ask the apex court to quash the order and grant exemption from personal appearance in the case.
The move came even as a CBI probe report said there was no proof of wrongdoing against Singh in the Talabira coal block allocation.
Besides Singh, former coal secretary PC Parakh, Hindalco, Kumar Mangalam Birla and two others were accused in the coal block allocation scam.
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