Supreme Court of India

B.R. Surendranath Singh v. Deputy Director, Department of Mines & Geology, Karnataka and Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 5 S.C.R. 218
Bench Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma JJ.
Decided 11 April 2011

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Mines and minerals: Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 - s. 21 read withs. 4(1)(a) - Illegal mining of iron ore - . Department detected unauthorized mining operation in Government land - Action taken to seize iron ore illegally quarried and deposited on the leased area of appellant­ mining lease holder - Department taking a decision to auction the seized iron ore - Complaint by the appellant that instead of the illegally mined iron ore, the department was contemplating to sell the iron ore which was legally mined and accumulated by the appellant - Writ petition by the

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