Supreme Court of India

The Hingir-rampur Coal Co., Ltd. and Others v. The State of Orissa and Others

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Reported as [1961] 2 S.C.R. 537

Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar, A.K. Sarkar, K. Subba Rao, K.N. Wanchoo and J.R. Mudholkar JJ.

Decided 21 November 1960

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Mining Areas, Development of--Enactment by State Legisla ture authorising constitution of mining areas and development fund-Imposition of cess-Constitutional validity-Competency of State Legislature-Orissa Mining Areas Development Fund Act, z952 (Orissa XXV II of I952), s. 4-Constitution of India, Art. 372, Seventh Schedule, List II, Entry 23, 66, List I, Entries 52, 54, 84- Adaptation of Laws Order, z950, els. z6, 2I. The petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of the Orissa Mining Areas Development Fund Act, 1952, which by s. 3 empowered the State Government to constitute mining

Authorities it was built on

1954 Ratilal Panachand Gandhi v. The State of Bombay and Others cited by 32

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