Supreme Court · 1960 INSC 136 · Decided 31 August 1960
The Mineral Development LTD., Calcutta v. The Union of India and ANOTHER.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1960 INSC 136 · [1961] 1 S.C.R. 445
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 231/1955
- Decided
- 31 August 1960
- Bench
- BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, J.L. KAPUR, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K. SUBBA RAO, K.N. WANCHOO (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Transfer of Property Act Section 5
Headnote
SUPREME COURT· REPORTS 445 THE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT LTD., CALCUTTA v. THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER. (B. P. SINHA, c. J., J. L. KAPUR, P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K. SuBBA RAo and K. N. WANCROO, JJ.) Mining lease-Whether includes su~-lease-Mines and Miner­ als .(Regulation and Development) in its grant. The secretary and two of the directors of the company were prosecuted for having contravened the provisions of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation & Develop­ ment) Act, r948, and the Mineral Concession Rules, rg-19. which were framed under it. The appellant contended,
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