Supreme Court of India

National Mineral Development Corpn. Ltd. v. State of M.P. and Anr.

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 1
Bench R.C. Lahoti and Ashok Bhan JJ.
Decided 5 May 2004

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Mines & Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, Section 9 and Entry 23 of the Second Schedule-Slimes arising in extraction of iron-ore-Levy of Royalty-Validity of-Held : Slimes being a waste material consisting of impurities having no ci,Jmmercial value, it is different from fines and concentrates-Entry 23 of the Second Schedule prescribes quantification and levy only with reference to the quantity of lumps, fines and concentrates and slimes is left out of consideration for the purpose­ Hence, levy of royalty on slimes by the Stare authorities not valid. Appellant had been holding

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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