Supreme Court of India

K. Guruprasad Rao v. State of Karnataka and Others

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Reported as [2013] 11 S.C.R. 581
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Ranjana Prakash Desai JJ.
Decided 1 July 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that it would be reasonable to direct the stoppage of mining activity within two km radius of the tourist resorts of Badkal and Surajkund.

Judgment, page 94

From the headnote

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 19581 Karnataka Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1961 - Rules framed under - Mining operations - In the protected area around 'Protected Monuments' declared under the Central and the State Acts - Permissibility - Extent of - Writ petition in public interest praying for cancellation of mining lease and stopping of mining operations within a radius of one kilometer from Jambunatha Temple which was declared as a protected monument under State Act - Objection to the petition on the ground that

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