A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court duly noted that the public good could not be defined only by the object of maximisation of revenue by the state

If the CBI inquiry is to serve its purpose, it should be time-bound. Its terms of reference should include looking at alternative ways to allocate coal.

It cannot be ruled out that this move is a carefully planned charade intended to humiliate Prithviraj Chavan with the express purpose of dislodging him

In reality the SEB bailout plan is just passing the buck from the state electricity boards to the government which, in turn, will pass it on to the banks