Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1081 · Decided 19 September 1996
Dharambir Singh v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1081 · [1996] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 566
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 18150/1996
- Decided
- 19 September 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, FAIZAN UDDIN, G.B. PATTANAIK (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
c Mines & Minerals (Regulation & Development) Act, 1957/Mineral Con­ cession Rules, 1960. Section 11/Rule 59-Mining licence and prospecting licenc~Applica- tion from a person who had claimed that he had discovered the min~State Govemment notifying that area-Challenged before the petitioner on the ground that the State Goveniment had done so in its discretion and that the Central Govenunent would not curtail the discre- D tion-Cliallenge negatived by High Cowt-On appeal held, the State Govem­ ment has a discretion to grant or refuse to grant any prospective licence
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