https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199577 Renewal of a mining lease without a contractual renewal right was treated as a fresh lease, so the State could apply mandatory statutory conditions under Rule 27(1)(c) of the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960. The earlier dead rent modification did not survive the original lease and did not confer a right to insist on the same rate on renewal. The rule-making power under Section 13(1) of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was held wide enough to support fixation of dead rent within the prescribed ceiling in Schedule IV. The challenge to uncertainty and lack of power was rejected, and the higher dead rent was upheld as within the permissible limit. en-us Thu, 13 Feb 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:31:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199577 Renewal of a mining lease without a contractual renewal right was treated as a fresh lease, so the State could apply mandatory statutory conditions under Rule 27(1)(c) of the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960. The earlier dead rent modification did not survive the original lease and did not confer a right to insist on the same rate on renewal. The rule-making power under Section 13(1) of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 was held wide enough to support fixation of dead rent within the prescribed ceiling in Schedule IV. The challenge to uncertainty and lack of power was rejected, and the higher dead rent was upheld as within the permissible limit. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 13 Feb 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199577