The Supreme Court on Friday asked its central empowered committee (CEC) to enquire into allegations of mining irregularities by Jindal Steel and Adani Enterprises, based on the Karnataka Lokayukta report. Once the committee reports to the court, the matter may be sent to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for further investigation.

However, in a statement, Adani Enterprises clarified it had no iron ore mine in Karnataka or anywhere else in the country. It said it did not have any interest in iron ore, except rendering port services to exporters/miners of the ore.