https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171730 Rule 39 of the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959 was upheld as a valid relaxation provision because it operated only in special cases, required recorded reasons, and was tied to the objective considerations of mineral development and public interest. The statutory scheme under the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 showed that these considerations were sufficiently definite and that the power remained subject to judicial review. The rule was therefore not arbitrary, unguided, or uncanalised, and did not require reading down to preserve its validity. The challenge under Article 14 failed, while any individual exercise of the power could still be examined on its own merits. en-us Fri, 04 Feb 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:40:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171730 Rule 39 of the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959 was upheld as a valid relaxation provision because it operated only in special cases, required recorded reasons, and was tied to the objective considerations of mineral development and public interest. The statutory scheme under the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 showed that these considerations were sufficiently definite and that the power remained subject to judicial review. The rule was therefore not arbitrary, unguided, or uncanalised, and did not require reading down to preserve its validity. The challenge under Article 14 failed, while any individual exercise of the power could still be examined on its own merits. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Feb 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171730