https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200862 The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 was construed to extend beyond virgin land and to cover dormant and previously worked collieries, because the statutory scheme in sections 4, 5, 7 and 8 used broad language and the exclusion in section 4(4) was limited to land where mining operations were actually being carried on in accordance with law. On constitutional challenge, the temporary restraint on mining was treated as a protected modification of rights under Article 31A(1)(e), and the acquisition provisions were supported by a complete compensation code under sections 13 and 14. The provisions were therefore upheld as valid. en-us Sun, 10 Dec 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 28 Apr 2018 12:51:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200862 The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 was construed to extend beyond virgin land and to cover dormant and previously worked collieries, because the statutory scheme in sections 4, 5, 7 and 8 used broad language and the exclusion in section 4(4) was limited to land where mining operations were actually being carried on in accordance with law. On constitutional challenge, the temporary restraint on mining was treated as a protected modification of rights under Article 31A(1)(e), and the acquisition provisions were supported by a complete compensation code under sections 13 and 14. The provisions were therefore upheld as valid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sun, 10 Dec 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200862