Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 335 · Decided 5 May 2004
National Mineral Development CORPN. LTD. v. State of M.P. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 335 · [2004] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7880/2001
- Decided
- 5 May 2004
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, ASHOK BHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Mines & Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, Section 9 and Entry 23 of the Second Schedule-Slimes arising in extraction of iron-ore-Levy of Royalty-Validity of-Held : Slimes being a waste material consisting of impurities having no ci,Jmmercial value, it is different C from fines only with reference to the quantity of lumps, fines and concentrates and slimes is left out of consideration for the purpose­ Hence, levy of royalty on slimes by the Stare authorities not valid. Appellant had been holding mining le~ses over land for extracting iron ore. In the process of
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