https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168550 Premature termination of a mining lease under section 4A of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was held to require a prior hearing because the statute did not clearly exclude natural justice, and the later express hearing amendment reinforced that interpretation. The contention that a hearing would be futile was rejected, and the termination order was invalid for breach of natural justice. Given the long pendency and difficulty of restoring the original position, compensation was treated as the appropriate further relief, with damages to be determined by arbitration and confined to the specified limited period. en-us Tue, 10 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:21:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168550 Premature termination of a mining lease under section 4A of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was held to require a prior hearing because the statute did not clearly exclude natural justice, and the later express hearing amendment reinforced that interpretation. The contention that a hearing would be futile was rejected, and the termination order was invalid for breach of natural justice. Given the long pendency and difficulty of restoring the original position, compensation was treated as the appropriate further relief, with damages to be determined by arbitration and confined to the specified limited period. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 10 Dec 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168550