https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174595 Section 76 of the Mines Act, 1952, as previously construed to fasten liability on every relevant shareholder or director of a mine-owning company, was not arbitrary or discriminatory, so the Article 14 challenge failed. Section 59(3), requiring prior reference of draft regulations to the Mining Board, was held mandatory because its text, scheme, public-interest purpose, and the Act's limited urgency exceptions showed it was a condition precedent to valid regulation-making. The validity of the Coal Mines Regulations, 1957, therefore depended on factual inquiry into whether the required Mining Board consultation had in fact occurred. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:23:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174595 Section 76 of the Mines Act, 1952, as previously construed to fasten liability on every relevant shareholder or director of a mine-owning company, was not arbitrary or discriminatory, so the Article 14 challenge failed. Section 59(3), requiring prior reference of draft regulations to the Mining Board, was held mandatory because its text, scheme, public-interest purpose, and the Act's limited urgency exceptions showed it was a condition precedent to valid regulation-making. The validity of the Coal Mines Regulations, 1957, therefore depended on factual inquiry into whether the required Mining Board consultation had in fact occurred. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 10 Feb 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174595