The Supreme Court on Monday appointed two judicial officers, Arun Bhardwaj and Sanjay Bansal, as special judges to try the coal block allocation scam cases pending since 2014.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde examined names of five judicial officers, which were selected by the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. The top court said it assumes that all the judges on the list are good. The bench, also comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, instead of appointing one judge to replace special judge Bharat Parashar, nominated two judicial officers to try 41 pending coal scam cases, following suggestions from special public prosecutor R.S. Cheema.