Coal block allocation scam case: SC appoints Arun Bhardwaj, Sanjay Bansal as Special Judges ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 03:09 IST New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday appointed Sanjay Bansal and Arun Bhardwaj as Special Judges to preside over the trials in pending cases in connection with the coal block allocation scam. A three-judge bench of the Apex Court, headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde and also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian passed the order to appoint the two judges. The Supreme Court was hearing a petition filed by a lawyer, Manohar Lal Sharma, related to the appointment of a special judge to hear and try the coal block allocation scam cases.