The Supreme Court on Friday postponed the hearing in the Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s mining lease allotment case until May 24.
According to Bar & Bench, the SC said, “We will adjourn the matter and have it heard by Vacation Bench on May 24 (Tuesday) so we can peruse the CJI order mentioned by the learned counsel.”
The Supreme Court was hearing a petition related to CBI and Enforcement Directorate investigations into the Jharkhand Chief Minister’s mining lease and some shell companies run by his family and associates.
Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Hima Kohli took note of senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Mukul Rohatgi’s submissions that this was a serious case in which the probe agency had been filing sealed cover documents in the Jharkhand High Court before the issuance of notice and without giving them to the other side.
Meanwhile, according to PTI, the Jharkhand High Court will continue hearing the case on Thursday.