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Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957

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MADHURI VEERDHAVAL CHALUKYAversusBAJIRAO KRUSHNATH KHEDKAR AND ORS

Allowed

The petitioner, Smt. Madhuri V. Chalukya, challenged a revision order that set aside the State of Maharashtra's decisions to transfer a mining lease to her as legal heir of the late Major Pralhad R. Desai and instead directed execution of the lease in the name of the partnership firm M/s. Major …

Rajesh PaswanversusThe State of Bihar

ALLOWED

The petitioners, three brothers from Bishambharchak, sought bail in connection with PS case No. 871 of 2025 alleging offences under the Bihar Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNS). They were accused of raping the informant's daughter and assaulting five persons with iron rods, causing injuries. The …

Jitendra Kumar @ Jitendra yadavversusThe State of Bihar

ALLOWED

The petitioners, Jitendra Kumar and Sudhansu Kumar, were named by a local chowkidar in a police tip‑off alleging involvement in illegal sand mining that caused a loss of 48,120 cubic feet of sand and Rs 51,24,780 to the government. The police seized three tractors and arrested one person, but the …

M/S KARNATAKA EMTA COAL MINES LIMITED AND ANOTHERversusCENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

2024 INSC 623Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

B.L.A. INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LIMITEDversusUNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER

2022 INSC 838

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 …

STATE OF ODISHA & ORS.versusM/S. JINDAL STEEL AND POWER LTD. & ORS.

2020 INSC 108Disposed off

The State of Odisha entered into a dispute with M/s Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) over the transport of iron ore that JSPL had purchased, processed and stored within the leasehold area of the mining company, Sarda Mines Pvt Ltd (SMPL). After the environmental clearance for SMPL expired, the …

STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ORS.versusSHIV DAYAL & ANR.

2019 INSC 900Remitted to Lower Court

The State of Rajasthan challenged a civil suit in which Shiv Dayal, the mining lessee, obtained a permanent injunction restraining the State from interfering with mining on land he claimed was revenue land, not forest land. The trial court and the first appellate court upheld the injunction. The …

MAHANADI COAL FIELDS LTD. & ANR.versusMATHIAS ORAM & ORS.

2010 INSC 409Hearing Adjourned

Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd., a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd., sought relief from an order of the Orissa High Court directing payment of compensation for lands acquired in 1987 under the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957. The lands, belonging to tribal owners, had never been …