Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act, 1973

Bajrangi Rabidas joined a private colliery in 1970 as Mining Sirdar, his date of birth being recorded as 2‑April‑1946 in the service book and Form ‘B’. Later he claimed his true date of birth was 2‑April‑1948, relying on a Matriculation Certificate that he had not produced at the time of appointment, and sought rectifi…

The appeals challenge the Special Judge’s order on charge (24‑12‑2021) and charge‑framing order (03‑03‑2022) against Karnataka Emta Coal Mines Ltd (KECML) and its former MD for alleged conspiracy to illegally sell coal washery rejects. The Court examined whether the CBI’s investigation was predicated solely on the 2013…

The Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) entered a joint‑venture with EMTA Coal Ltd for the captive Pachhwara coal block. After the Supreme Court’s Manohar Lal Sharma judgment, the block was re‑allotted to PSPCL, which later decided to invite competitive bidding for a mine‑developer‑operator, rejecting EMTA’s cla…

B.L.A. Industries Private Limited sought relief under Article 32, contending that it had not been allocated a coal block through the illegal Screening Committee process that the Supreme Court had struck down in the Manohar Lal Sharma judgments. The petitioner had applied for a mining lease to the Madhya Pradesh State G…