https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291313 In a large-scale illegal mining and environmental protection matter, the Supreme Court upheld the credibility of the Central Empowered Committee and accepted the survey, boundary fixation and lease categorisation prepared with technical assistance. It held that Articles 32 and 142 could be invoked to frame remedial directions for ecological restoration where the statutory machinery was inadequate, so long as the directions did not conflict with the governing mining and forest laws. The Court approved reopening of Category A and B mines subject to R&R and compliance conditions, sustained closure of Category C mines, and upheld consequential directions on specified leases, boundary-related operations and sale of iron ore through the Monitoring Committee. en-us Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291313 In a large-scale illegal mining and environmental protection matter, the Supreme Court upheld the credibility of the Central Empowered Committee and accepted the survey, boundary fixation and lease categorisation prepared with technical assistance. It held that Articles 32 and 142 could be invoked to frame remedial directions for ecological restoration where the statutory machinery was inadequate, so long as the directions did not conflict with the governing mining and forest laws. The Court approved reopening of Category A and B mines subject to R&R and compliance conditions, sustained closure of Category C mines, and upheld consequential directions on specified leases, boundary-related operations and sale of iron ore through the Monitoring Committee. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291313