-- The Supreme Court asks the Centre to come out with a law before July 10 to insulate the CBI from external influence and intrusion.

-- The SC also directs the CBI not to share the progress of the probe or any report or material with anybody other than its 33-member team and Director Ranjit Sinha.

-- Immediate steps have to be taken by the Centre and the CBI to repatriate DIG Ravi Kant Mishra who was investigating officer in coal block case and was transferred to the IB.

-- The CBI chief to ensure there is no access to any person, including Law Minister, other Union Ministers, law officers, CBI counsel and Department of Prosecution of the CBI to probe in coal block scam.

-- Status report on the probe in the coalgate scam shall not be provided to the special CBI court where FIR was registered.

-- SC to consider various aspects including setting up of a SIT to look after the probe into coal blocks allocation scam. "Does it not subvert integrity of investigation if changes are brought in status report on suggestion of Law Minister and govt officers," the SC asked.


The CBI says it will follow the directions of the Supreme Court in letter and spirit. The SC will take up the next hearing on July 10 after the four-hour long hearing today.