Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 770 · Decided 23 July 1996
Tata Iron and Steel CO. LTD. ETC. v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 770 · [1996] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 808
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9454/1996
- Decided
- 23 July 1996
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, B.L. HANSARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
IRON AND STEEL CO. LTD. ETC. v. UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. JULY 23, 1996 !A.M. AHMADI, CJ.AND B.L. HANSARIA, J.] Mines and Minerals (Regulation & Development) Act, 1957-Secrion 8-Pen·ads for ivhiciz niining leases n1ay be granted or renelred-Renewal of C lease in interest of niineral pwties. The appellant, TISCO, a limited company claiming that it was the D first to discover Chrome Ore in Orissa, in the year 1949, applied for a prospecting licence and \\·as granted a inining lease over an area of 1813 hectares for chromite for a period of 20 years w.e.f. 12.1.1953.
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