Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 138 · Decided 6 March 2013
State of Orissa & ORS. v. M/S Mesco Steels LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 138 · [2013] 2 S.C.R. 245
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2206/2013
- Decided
- 6 March 2013
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Forest Conservation Act
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: A B Art. 226 - Writ petition - Challenging intra-departmental c communication proposing to consider re-a/location of lease area for mining iron ore - Held: High Court was in error in proceeding on an assumption that a final decision had been taken and in quashing what departmental communication constituting at best a step in the 0 process of taking a final decision by the Government - The writ petition in that view was pre-mature and ought to have been disposed of as such - Mines and minerals - Iron ore. Art. 226 - Writ petition - Order by High Court to
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