https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279142 Non-compliance with particulars in a mining-lease application under the Mineral Concession Rules was treated as directory, not mandatory, where the defect did not go to the essence of the statutory scheme; the rival application was therefore not void and the lease grant was not invalid on that ground. The Court also held that the deceased applicant's legal representatives could not continue the appeal or raise a new ground for the first time, because the claim was personal to the applicant and no rule allowed substitution to pursue it without a fresh application. The challenge to the lease thus failed, and the appeal was dismissed. en-us Wed, 08 Mar 1972 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 15:39:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279142 Non-compliance with particulars in a mining-lease application under the Mineral Concession Rules was treated as directory, not mandatory, where the defect did not go to the essence of the statutory scheme; the rival application was therefore not void and the lease grant was not invalid on that ground. The Court also held that the deceased applicant's legal representatives could not continue the appeal or raise a new ground for the first time, because the claim was personal to the applicant and no rule allowed substitution to pursue it without a fresh application. The challenge to the lease thus failed, and the appeal was dismissed. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 08 Mar 1972 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279142