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The State of West Bengal Vs. Kesoram Industries Ltd. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (2004)187CTR(SC)219; [2004]266ITR721(SC); JT2004(1)SC375; 2004(1)SCALE425; (2004)10SCC201

..... the central government, regard being had toquality thereof, had all along been subjected to statutory orders. thegradation of coal decedent upon the quality thereof was to be determined bythe 'coal board' constituted under the coal mines conservation and safetyact. quality of coal may depend not only on the location of the coal minesbut also from the particular seams wherefrom it is extracted. requirementof maintenance of price of ..... coal on an all-india basis had all along beenconsidered to be imperative in the economic and industrial development ofthe .....

Tara Prasad Singh and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1980SC1682; (1980)4SCC179; [1980]3SCR1042

..... 1974, in order, principally, to provide for the conservation of coal and development of coal mines. section 4(1) of that act enables the central government, for the purposes of conservation of coal and for the development of coal mines, to exercise such powers and take or ..... neither be a systematic regulation of mines nor a scientific development of minerals. the importance of conservation of natural resources in any scheme of regulation and development of such resources can be seen from the fact that the parliament had to pass in august 1974 an act called the coal mines (conservation and development) act, 28 of ..... or as may be prescribed. by section 5(1), a duty, is cast on the owners, of coal mines to take such steps as may be necessary to ensure the conservation of coal and development of the coal mines owned by them. while moving the nationalisation amendment act in the lok sapha on may 17, 1976, the .....

Dropti Devi and anr. Vs. Union of India and ors

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... on december 19, 1974. its preamble reads as under: "an act to provide for preventive detention in certain cases for the purposes of conservation and augmentation of foreign exchange and prevention of smuggling activities and for matters connected therewith. whereas violations of foreign exchange regulations and smuggling activities are ..... law regulating certain payments, dealings in foreign exchange and securities, transactions indirectly affecting foreign exchange and the import and export of currency for the conservation of the foreign exchange resources of the country and the proper utilization thereof in the interest of the economic development of the country. section 2 ..... of prosecution. however, in cofeposa viz., the power to detain a person to prevent him from indulging in any prejudicial activities relating to conservation or augmentation of foreign exchange is given although there is no corresponding penal punitive law available.he referred to various provisions of fema, particularly, .....

Zee Telefilms Ltd. and anr. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2005SC2677; (2005)4CompLJ283(SC); JT2005(2)SC8; (2005)4SCC649

..... special that the argument carries even less conviction than it is usually apt to do when invoked against some moderate advance in the common law.australia:132. in romeo v. conservation commission of the northern territory [(1998) 72 aljr 208, kirby j. noticed that in the arena of liability of public authority declaring the limits of the common law liability of .....

The State of Meghalaya Vs. All Dimasa Students Union Hasao District Co ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... conserve the natural resources of the nation so that it may be used in the best interest of coming generations as well and for the country as a 3 whole.2. these appeals have been filed challenging various orders passed by national green tribunal wherein several directions were issued, measures to be taken to check and combat the unregulated coal mining ..... d, it was noted that the meghalaya state pollution control board in its report in september, 1997 had noted that unplanned and unscientific coal mining activities were taking place. this had achieved dangerous dimensions in the last two decades creating ecological disturbance and adverse environmental impacts. this showed ..... virtually affected district autonomous council from issues concerning administration of forests and lands within the exclusive jurisdiction of the council. the ban of coal mining has deprived the appellant from major source of revenue. under para 8 of sixth schedule, autonomous district council is entitled to share the .....

Kewal Krishan Puri and ors. Vs. State of Punjab and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1980SC1008; (1980)1SCC416; [1979]3SCR1217

..... their domestic use; a crore for air spray; five crores to the punjab state electricity board, one crore given to markfed, one and a half crore to soil conservation department and yet nine crores were lying surplus with the various market committees. the figure may be exaggerated but are not quite groundless. we are merely quoting them for ..... of the traders. the literal meaning of the phrase 'quid pro quo' is 'one for the other' meaning thereby-'you charge the fee for the service.' service to the mining area, factory, market or marketing operations are services to the payer of the fee.57. mr. p.n. lekhi, under counsel for the state of haryana placed some new ..... that the leading principle has not basically undergone any change.16. in the case of the hingir-rampur coal co., ltd. and ors. v. the state of orissa and ors. : [1961]2scr537 the challenge was to the cess levied by the orissa mining areas development fund act, 1952. the petitioners' stand in the first instance was that the cess levied .....

Indian Council for Enviro-legal Action Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and or ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1996IIIAD(SC)641; JT1996(4)SC263; 1996(3)SCALE579; (1996)5SCC281; [1996]Supp1SCR507

..... coastal areas, as a pre-requisite to environmental management of the area. such a status report was required to be followed by a master plan identifying the areas required for conservation, preservation and development and other activities. a master plan so prepared would ensure a scientific assessment and development of the coastline and this would ultimately ensure the preservation and enforcement ..... , channels and ports and for prevention of sandbars and also except for tidal regulators, storm water drains and structures for prevention of salinity ingress and for sweet water recharge;ix) mining of sands, rocks and other substrata materials, except those rare minerals not available outside the crz areas;x) harvesting or drawal of ground water and construction of mechanisms therefore, within .....

Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru and ors.Vs. State of Kerala and anr ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1973SC1461; (1973)4SCC225; [1973]SuppSCR1

..... future generation would invite the danger of extra constitutional changes of the constitution. "the state without the means of some change is without means of its conservation. without such means it might even risk the loss of that part of the constitution which it wished the most religiously to preserve." burke : recollections ..... sequestered or confiscated "save in accordance with law" ibid (emphasis added). it also provided that the state shall own or control the key industries and services, mining resources, railways waterways, shipping and other means of public transport." ibid. according to the congress election manifesto of 1945, "the most vital and urgent of ..... legislative power. speaking about the legislative competence of the canadian parliament, viscount sankey l.c. speaking for the judicial committee of the privy council observed in british coal corporation v. the king [1935] a.c. 500 at p. 518 "indeed, in interpreting a constituent or organic statute such as the act (british .....

Mineral Area Development Authority Etc. Vs. M/s Steel Authority Of Ind ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... entry 23 of list ii to the extent the parliamentary legislation covers the subject-matter. the legislative powers of the state with 354 (1982) 1 scc125355 coal mines act 356 western coalfields ltd (supra) [28].. 165 part i respect to other subjects under list ii, including taxes on lands and buildings, will ..... , where both the union and the states have certain duties and responsibilities. these responsibilities take the form of development of infrastructure, facilitation of exploration and mining activities, conservation of 300 supreme court of india, record of proceedings, civil appeal no.4056-4064/1999 (14 march 2023) 54. 301 national mineral policy 2019 ..... to be scientific and judicious. the mmdr act enumerates rules and regulations to ensure that the exploration, extraction, and exploitation of minerals follow standards of conservation and sustainability. the indian state is the trustee of all natural resources, including minerals.279 therefore, it is a constitutional duty of the state to .....

K.Guruprasad Rao Vs. State of Karnataka and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... in their joint inspection report that (i) the cracks were developed in the temple due to mining; (ii) mining activities was carried out in the near proximity of the temple and the (iii) if temple is not conserved and mining activities are not stopped, the temple may get affected severely.9. i further humbly submit that shri ..... sole object of preserving and protecting the taj from deterioration and damage due to atmospheric and environmental pollution. it cannot be disputed that the use of coke/coal by the industries emits pollution in the ambient air. the objective behind this litigation is to stop the pollution while encouraging development of industry. the old ..... ecosystems. based on the reports of various technical authorities mentioned in this judgment, we have already reached the finding that the emissions generated by the coke/coal consuming industries are air pollutants and have damaging effect on the taj and the people living in the ttz. the atmospheric pollution in ttz has to be .....