Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 91 · Decided 24 January 2008
K.T. Varghese & ORS. v. State of Kerala & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 91 · [2008] 1 S.C.R. 1205
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6456/2001
- Decided
- 24 January 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA, P. SATHASIVAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
I- Mines and minerals: c Kera/a Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1967 - Selling stock of minor minerals-limeshell and exhibiting them for sale - Grant of licence subject to certain conditions - Minerals to be purchased only from authorised quarrying permit holders and that the sale would and agricultural D purposes within State - Correctness of - Held: State -Government does not have the power to exercise control over minor minerals after they have been excavated - Thus, conditions stipulated could not have been imposed and are - struck down - Mines and Minerals (Regulation
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