Supreme Court of India
Jayant Etc. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, t he appeals filed by the violators/private appellants are partly allowed, to the extent quashing the proceedings for the offences under the MMDR Act – Sections 4/21 of the MMDR Act only.
Judgment, page 41
From the headnote
Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 195 7 – ss.4, 21, 22, 23A – Bar u/ss.22, 23A – When attract ed – Illegal mining, storage and transportation of minerals – Ma gistrate suo motu directed registration of FIR – Applications filed by private appellants for quashing of FIRs for offences u/ss.3 79, 414, IPC; ss.4/21, MMDR Act and u/r.18, 2006 Rules – Dismisse d by High Court – On appeal, held: Magistrate can in exercise of powers u/s.156(3) direct the concerned In-charge/SHO of the police stati on to register crime case/FIR even for offences under th e MMDR Act and the Rules made
Authorities it was built on
- 1984 A.R. Antulay v. Ramdas Sriniwas Nayak and Another
- 2012 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Dr. Manmohan Singh and Another
- 2008 S.K. Sinha, Chief Enforcement Officer v. Mis. Videocon International Ltd. & Ors.
- 1959 Narayandas Bhagwandas Madhavdas v. The State of West Bengal
- 2014 State of Nct of Delhi v. Sanjay
- 1978 Hareram Satpathy v. Tikaram Agarwala and 3 Others
- 2013 Anil Kumar & Ors. v. M. K. Aiyappa & Anr.
- 2008 Fakhruddin Ahmad v. State of Uttaranchal and Anr.
- 1999 Manohar M. Galani v. Ashok N. Advani
Where later benches applied it
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