Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 88 · Decided 21 January 2025
State of Punjab & ORS. v. M/S Om Prakash Brick Kiln Owner, ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 88 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 859
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10687/2013
- Decided
- 21 January 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
Whether the State is entitled to levy royalty on brick earth excavation, irrespective of the issue of ownership of the excavated land. Power of State Government to levy on royalty on excavation of brick earth - Punjab Minor Mineral Concession 54A, 54B and 54C of the Punjab Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1964, the State Government is empowered to levy royalty on the production and disposal of minor minerals - In the present case, brick earth was declared as a minor mineral, and thus, the State Government was entitled to levy
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