https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169592 Environmental protection and groundwater conservation were treated as valid grounds to restrict sand quarrying and transportation, with the right to drinking water linked to Article 21 and the precautionary principle applied alongside the Mines and Minerals Act and the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules. The District Collector's power to prohibit unregulated sand removal and to review exemptions on a rational basis was upheld. Separately, pattadars were held to have no automatic proprietary right to remove or dispose of sand accumulated on their lands, because sand is a minor mineral governed by the statutory leasing and permit regime; the claim to private disposal was therefore rejected. en-us Fri, 27 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:23:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169592 Environmental protection and groundwater conservation were treated as valid grounds to restrict sand quarrying and transportation, with the right to drinking water linked to Article 21 and the precautionary principle applied alongside the Mines and Minerals Act and the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules. The District Collector's power to prohibit unregulated sand removal and to review exemptions on a rational basis was upheld. Separately, pattadars were held to have no automatic proprietary right to remove or dispose of sand accumulated on their lands, because sand is a minor mineral governed by the statutory leasing and permit regime; the claim to private disposal was therefore rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 27 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169592