Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 269 · Decided 30 April 2003
V.P. Pithupitchai and ANR. v. The Special Secretary to the GOVT. of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 269 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 1045
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9811/1995
- Decided
- 30 April 2003
- Bench
- RUMA PAL, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957-Section J(a), J(e)-Seashell-Whether a lime shell and as such a mineral within the meaning of the Act-Held, such issue is to be determined with extensive research C by_ technically competent person-In absence thereof it cannot be said that of the Act­ Second Schedule to the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, Entries 28 and 14. Words and Phrases: D 'Minera/'-Meaning of Appellants collected seashells from lands along the seashore and traded in them. State Government issued an order that seashells are major
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