Meanwhile, Ranjit Sinha, director CBI, says the CBI is NOT an independent entity. He said he did nothing wrong and had not shared any information with any outsider except the law minister, Ashwani Kumar. He says the CBI will provide all the information asked by the government and there is no cause for embarrassment.

Referring to subsequent affidavit by the CBI Director that the draft report was shared with the Law Minister and joint Secretaries of PMO and Coal Ministry, the bench asked the Director as to why he did not give details "about the
changes made in the draft report and if changes were made, to what extent the changes were made and at whose instance whether besides three persons named in para four of the affidavit whether the draft report was shared by any other person."

It also asked the CBI Director to disclose the names of two officials one each of PMO and Ministry of Coal with whom the draft report was shared as desired by them. The CBI Director in his fresh affidavit will have to give details of the "manual and guidelines" on the issue of sharing of status report in cases in which reports are called for by the courts.