Supreme Court of India
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. and Anr. v. State of Bihar and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the slurry which escapes from the appellants' washeries is mineral and its regulation is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Central Government.
Judgment, page 27
From the headnote
Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957: Sections 2, 3, 5, 13, 18--Coal slurry escaping from coal mine washery Deposited on river-bed and Raiyati /and-Lease for disposal thereof-· --=r _ Competence of State Government-Non-framing of Rules by Central Government-Whether cunfers legislative competence on State Legisla ture-Extent of executive power in the execution of lease-Coal slurry-Whether constitutes mineral. Constitution of India, 1950: Article 162-State's executive power-Whether co-extensive with legislative power-State denuded of its legislative competence-Whether
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 The State of Punjab & Ors. v. Davinder Singh & Ors.
- 2024 Mineral Area Development Authority & Anr. v. M/s Steel Authority of India & Anr. Etc.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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