Supreme Court of India

Mineral Development Ltd. v. The State of Bihar and Another

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Reported as [1960] 2 S.C.R. 609
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 15 December 1959

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Fundamental Rights-Restriction by State imposed by la1t1- Reasonableness-Objective test-Duty of Court-Constitutionit validity-Bihar Mica Act, r947, s. 25(r)(c)-Constitution of India, Arts. Ig(r)(j), (g) and r9(5) & (6). The Secretary of the Government of Bihar in the Revenue Department issued a notice to the petitioner company who were the lessees of mining lease, charging it with violation of ss. IO, 12 and 14 of the Bihar Mica Act, 1947, and calling upon it to show cause why action should not be taken to cancel its licence which was being issued from year to year for mining Mica. The

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