New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- The Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the protest petitions filed by Congress leaders Sandeep Dikshit and Manickam Tagore challenging the closure report submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged coal block allocation case involving M/s Nippon Denro Ispat Ltd.

Special CBI Judge (Coal Block Cases) Virender Kumar Kharta reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from the counsel representing Dikshit and Tagore, as well as the CBI. The court will pronounce its order on September 10.

Advocate Sarim Naved appeared for former Member of Parliament Sandeep Dikshit, while Advocate Surya Kiran represented Tagore.

Earlier on June 5, counsel for the complainants s...