<div align="justify">The Supreme Court today refused to modify its order on former CBI director Ranjit Sinha's plea that SIT probe should not have been ordered against him. A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur said that the order has already been passed in the matter.<br /><br />The apex court had last week constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by the current CBI director to look into the allegations of Sinha scuttling the coal scam probes when he was the probe agency chief.<br /><br />Senior advocate Vikash Singh, appearing for Sinha, referred to the alleged Sahara-Birla payoff case and the apex court had not considered the diary entries as cogent material for probe.<br /><br />"The apex court is one. This order was passed after the order in alleged Sahara-Birla payoff case was given by another bench of apex court. This order should not have been passed and therefore I am seeking modification of that order", Singh said.<br /><br />The bench also comprising Justices A K Sikri and Kurian Joseph denied the request to modify the order.<br /><br />Singh then said that he would file a plea for recall of the order, to which the court said he was at liberty to do so.<br /><br />Sinha was indicted by apex court-appointed panel which had opined that he had influenced and tried to scuttle the probe into coal scam cases.</div>
<div align="justify">The Supreme Court today refused to modify its order on former CBI director Ranjit Sinha's plea that SIT probe should not have been ordered against him. A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur said that the order has already been passed in the matter.<br /><br />The apex court had last week constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by the current CBI director to look into the allegations of Sinha scuttling the coal scam probes when he was the probe agency chief.<br /><br />Senior advocate Vikash Singh, appearing for Sinha, referred to the alleged Sahara-Birla payoff case and the apex court had not considered the diary entries as cogent material for probe.<br /><br />"The apex court is one. This order was passed after the order in alleged Sahara-Birla payoff case was given by another bench of apex court. This order should not have been passed and therefore I am seeking modification of that order", Singh said.<br /><br />The bench also comprising Justices A K Sikri and Kurian Joseph denied the request to modify the order.<br /><br />Singh then said that he would file a plea for recall of the order, to which the court said he was at liberty to do so.<br /><br />Sinha was indicted by apex court-appointed panel which had opined that he had influenced and tried to scuttle the probe into coal scam cases.</div>