Supreme Court of India
The Goa Foundation v. M/s Sesa Sterlite Ltd. & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered opinion that it is for the State Government to decide as a matter of policy in what manner the leases of these mineral resources would be granted, but this decision has to be taken in accordance with the provisions of the THE GOA FOUNDATION v.
Judgment, page 47
From the headnote
Mines and Minerals: Mining leases – Renewal of – Propriety – Appointment of Commission of Inquiry, pursuant to information regarding large- scale illegal mining in contravention of provisions of relevant laws – After the report of the Commission, Govt. of Goa by order dated 10.9.2012 suspended all the mining operations in the State – Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) kept in abeyance the environmental clearances in the State of Goa by order dated 14.9.2012 – PIL was filed by Goa Foundation in Supreme Court seeking directions to Governments of Union and State of Goa to take steps to…
Authorities it was built on
- 1963 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Singhara Singh and Others
- 2012 Re: Special Reference N0.1 of 2012 v. --
- 2012 Centre for Public Interest Litigation and Others v. Union of India and Others
- 1986 Ambica Quarry Works & Anr. v. State of Gujarat & Ors.
- 1989 Provash Chandra Dalui & Anr. v. Biswanath Banerjee & Anr.
- 2014 Manohar Lal Sharma v. The Principal Secretary & Ors.
- 2010 Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd. v. State of Karnataka & Ors.
- 1996 Gajraj Singh Etc v. State Transport Appellate Tribunal and Ors. Etc.
- 1987 Collector of Central Excise, Calcutta v. Multiple Fabrics Pvt. Ltd. Etc.
- 1994 State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors. v. M/s. Krishnadas Tikaram
- 1996 Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. Etc. v. Union of India and Anr.
- 1988 Rural Litigation & Entitlement Kendra v. State of U.P.
- 2014 Goa Foundation v. Union of India & Ors.
- 1973 Delhi Development Authority v. Durga Chand Kaushish
- 1966 Gujarat Pottery Works v. B. P. Sood, Controller of Mining Leases for India & Ors.
- 2014 Common Cause v. Union of India & Ors
- 2017 M/s Ajar Enterprises Private Limited v. Satyanarayan Somani and Ors.
- 2015 State of West Bengal and Others v. Calcutta Mineral Supply Co. Pvt. Ltd. and Another
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Loop Telecom and Trading Limited v. Union of India and Anr.
- 2018 J. S. Luthra Academy & Another v. State of Jammu and Kashmir & Others
- 2021 Vedanta Ltd. (formerly Known as M/s Sesa Sterlite Ltd.) v. The Goa Foundation & Ors.
- 2020 Chowgule and Company Private Limited v. Goa Foundation & Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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