https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169549 Coal slurry discharged from a washery and deposited on land or in a river bed was treated as coal in mineral form, and its recovery was held to fall within mining operations because coal washing is an ancillary part of coal mining. The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was held to occupy the field of mineral conservation and development, including disposal of mine waste, so the State had no authority to grant a lease or settlement for collection of the slurry. Title to Plot No. 370 was found to have vested away from the State, and the appellant was entitled to prevent third parties from collecting the slurry from that land. en-us Fri, 17 Aug 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169549 Coal slurry discharged from a washery and deposited on land or in a river bed was treated as coal in mineral form, and its recovery was held to fall within mining operations because coal washing is an ancillary part of coal mining. The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was held to occupy the field of mineral conservation and development, including disposal of mine waste, so the State had no authority to grant a lease or settlement for collection of the slurry. Title to Plot No. 370 was found to have vested away from the State, and the appellant was entitled to prevent third parties from collecting the slurry from that land. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 17 Aug 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169549