https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279007 The SC held that coal block allocations from 1993-2010 were illegal due to non-compliance with mandatory procedures under the Mines and Minerals Act, 1957 and breach of Coal Mines Act, 1973. The court found allocations through both Screening Committee recommendations and Government dispensation route suffered from arbitrariness, lack of transparency, mala fides, and corruption. The Screening Committee acted without proper criteria, objective evaluation, or consistent guidelines, resulting in unfair distribution of national wealth. All 36 meetings' recommendations were deemed illegal, violating trusteeship principles of natural resources and causing heavy damage to common good and public interest. en-us Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 May 2025 15:57:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279007 The SC held that coal block allocations from 1993-2010 were illegal due to non-compliance with mandatory procedures under the Mines and Minerals Act, 1957 and breach of Coal Mines Act, 1973. The court found allocations through both Screening Committee recommendations and Government dispensation route suffered from arbitrariness, lack of transparency, mala fides, and corruption. The Screening Committee acted without proper criteria, objective evaluation, or consistent guidelines, resulting in unfair distribution of national wealth. All 36 meetings' recommendations were deemed illegal, violating trusteeship principles of natural resources and causing heavy damage to common good and public interest. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279007