Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 287 · Decided 11 April 2011
B.R. Surendranath Singh v. Deputy Director, Department of Mines & Geology, Karnataka and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 287 · [2011] 5 S.C.R. 218
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3187/2011
- Decided
- 11 April 2011
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, DEEPAK VERMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136
Headnote
. ,' \. Mines and minerals: Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 - s. 21 read withs. 4(1)(a) - Illegal mining of iron ore - . Department detected unauthorized mining operation in Government land - Action taken to seize iron and deposited on the leased area of appellant­ mining lease holder - Department taking a decision to auction the seized iron ore - Complaint by the appellant that instead of the illegally mined iron ore, the department was contemplating to sell the iron ore which was legally mined and E
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