Supreme Court of India

M/s. Muneer Enterprises v. M/s Ramgad Minerals and Mining Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 6 S.C.R. 551
Bench Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla and Shiva Kirti Singh JJ.
Decided 12 March 2015

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the subsequent stage-I in-principle approval dated 13.09.2006 and the final approval dated 09.09.2010 based on the acceptance of the transfer of lease in the order dated 16.03.2002 cannot survive and the same are set aside.

Judgment, page 86

From the headnote

Mines and Minerals: Mining lease - Transfer of - If original lessee surrenders leased area to forest department of the State Government indicating that notice of determination of lease is given as required under the terms of mining lease deed and lease would expire after 12 months 0 or any time earlier if permitted and lease deed book is surrendered and payment of arrears of mining lease is also made then subsequently permission to original lessee to transfer its mining lease to the first respondent was wrongly allowed by the State Government- There was no scope for the lessee to resile from

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