Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972

Mis. Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. (BCCL), a Central Government company appointed as custodian of coking coal mines, claimed recovery of excess payments made to New Govindpur Coal Co. for the management period (17 Oct 1971 to 30 Apr 1972) under Section 25 of the Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. The claim was su…

The workmen of a coking coal colliery were retrenched in June 1971 before the mine was taken over by the Central Government and nationalised under the Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. After nationalisation, the new management, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd., refused to re‑employ the 111 retrenched workers. The I…

The Union of India appealed against a Patna High Court order that held interest accruing under the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973 and the Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 was to be paid exclusively to the former mine owners. The owners had filed writ petitions seeking that the interest be excluded …

The petitioners, owners of coking coal mines, claimed that the Central Government, as custodian, had failed to credit them for the value of coke stock lying in the mines on the date immediately before the appointed day of nationalisation, and sought compensation under the Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. …

Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. (appellant) claimed that certain lands, buildings and other assets owned by Karam Chand Thapar & Bros. Pvt. Ltd. (respondent) vested in the Central Government under Section 3G(vi) of the Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972, and issued notices for possession. The respondents contended t…

Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) succeeded East India Coal Co. and held a 999‑year mining lease over 627 bighas in Kenduadih, including surface land. A small part of the surface was used for a bazaar and a cinema for workers. The State of Bihar, invoking the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950, served a notice under Section 4 de…

The Supreme Court examined whether Section 3(3) of the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Amendment Act, 1976 barred the extraction of coking coal. Petitioners argued that the amendment applied only to ordinary coal mines, not to coking coal mines, relying on the separate legislative history of coking‑coal legislation. The C…

The Supreme Court considered writ petitions filed by Sanjeev Coke Manufacturing Co. and Sunil Kumar Ray challenging the inclusion of their coke‑oven plants in the Second Schedule of the Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 on the ground of arbitrary discrimination violating Article 14. The Court examined wheth…

The petitioners, holders of jenmi rights in Malabar, Kerala, challenged the State's demand for royalties on minerals extracted from their lands, arguing that they owned the sub‑soil. The Kerala High Court held that the minerals belonged to the State and dismissed the writ petitions. On appeal, the Supreme Court examine…

Industrial Supplies Pvt. Ltd. and another company were managing/raising contractors of two coking coal mines under long‑term agreements that required them to install machinery and other plant. The mines were taken over by the Central Government under the Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. The contractors cl…

The Supreme Court examined a group of writ petitions challenging the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Amendment Act, 1976, which terminated existing coal mining leases and barred private persons from carrying out coal mining operations. The petitioners, lessees of coal and composite (coal‑fireclay) mines, argued that the a…

The appellant, East India Coal Co. Ltd., owned several coking coal mines that were nationalised under the Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. Respondents Nos. 1 and 2, who were raising contractors and selling agents for the unworked mines, installed machinery and claimed they were owners entitled to a share …

The Supreme Court examined the constitutionality of Coal India Ltd.'s electronic auction (E‑Auction) scheme for allocating coal to non‑core sector consumers. The petitioners argued that coal is an essential commodity and that the scheme's variable pricing, lack of a fixed price, and inclusion of core‑sector entities vi…

Central Coalfields Ltd., a government company engaged in coal mining, was directed by the Certificate Officer to pay surface rent for coal‑bearing areas under the Bihar & Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1914. The company contended that, pursuant to the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957, the…