Harin Raval

• Who is Ashwani Kumar?

  Eminent lawyer Ashwani Kumar's career as Law Minister ironically came undone following a legal tangle of elephantine proportions, which put him in trouble at his place of work. Mr Kumar lists as his profession, 'Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India.'

• Coal-Gate: Attorney General GE Vahanvati's rebuttal appears thin in substance

  The CBI's investigation into how coal fields were allocated to private players has turned into a rip tide for the government, with some if its A-listers trying to stay afloat despite charges of brazen misconduct.

• Coal-Gate: Law Minister Ashwani Kumar called meeting, now tries to blame Attorney General

  A day after the Supreme Court's lacerating criticism of the CBI allowing the government to access its report on its coal investigation, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, the lead player in the controversy, tried to deflect the blame.

• Coal scam: PM meets Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, says he's studying Supreme Court's remarks

  Coal scam: Hours after the Supreme Court castigated the CBI for allowing the government to vet a crucial document on its coal investigation, the Prime Minister met Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who is at the centre of the controversy.

• Harin Raval resigns as Additional Solicitor General after Coal-Gate letter bomb

  After scripting a mega scandal for the government, Harin Raval has resigned as Additional Solicitor General. Sources say that his exit may soon be followed by that of Attorney General GE Vahanvati, who Mr Raval accuses of lying to the Supreme Court.

• Coal scam: What Supreme Court wants to know from CBI in "candid, truthful" affidavit

  Coal scam: The Supreme Court has severely reprimanded the CBI today for what it called an "erosion of faith" for allowing Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and other government officials access to a report on its coal investigation before it was submitted to judges last month, and then concealing this crucial information from the court on March 12.

• Coal-Gate: Attorney General misrepresented facts to Supreme Court, says letter bomb

  Reinforcing the damaging admissions made by the CBI, one of the government's most-senior law officers has suggested that Attorney General GE Vahanvati misrepresented the facts to the Supreme Court about whether a confidential report on the CBI's investigation into the coal swindle had been reviewed by both him and the government.

• Coal scam: After Additional Solicitor General's explosive letter, Attorney General will not represent Centre in Supreme Court

  Coal scam: Attorney General GE Vahanvati will not represent the government at a crucial Supreme Court hearing today on whether the government tried to influence the CBI's investigation into the coal scam.

• Coal scam: Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval's explosive letter to Attorney General

  Hours before a crucial Supreme Court hearing on whether the government tried to influence the CBI's investigation into the coal scam, new and grave allegations have surfaced from one of the government's top legal officers.

• Coal scam: Supreme Court hearing begins, frenzy of allegations against government

  The Supreme Court has strongly censured the CBI for showing a report on its coal investigation to Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and others in the government before submitting it to judges last month. It has observed that "sharing information with the government has shaken the entire process," and has told the government to "liberate the CBI from polit...

• Coal-Gate: yes, Attorney General tried to interfere, claims Additional Solicitor General

  Hours before a crucial Supreme Court hearing on whether the government tried to influence the CBI's investigation into the coal scam, new and grave allegations have surfaced from one of the government's top legal officers.

• Coal-Gate: CBI affidavit to seal Law Minister Ashwani Kumar's fate?

  On Friday, sources say, the CBI will admit to the Supreme Court that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar reviewed the agency's report on "Coal-Gate" and suggested a "list of alterations," many of which were ignored by the CBI.

• Coal-Gate: CBI likely to admit Law Minister altered report for "language"

  On Friday, the CBI's top officer is meant to explain in writing to the Supreme Court whether the agency's report on "Coal-gate" was reviewed by the government before it was submitted to judges last month.

• Coal-Gate: Law Minister changed report but to correct grammar, say sources

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• Coal-gate: sources close to Law Minister offer detailed defence

  A meeting called by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, where he allegedly made changes to a report that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would submit three days later to the Supreme Court, could prove to be perilous for the government and the investigating agency. But sources close to the Law Minister describe the controversy as "a storm in a tea...