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..... has filed this second appeal. 6. there is no dispute that the right, title and interest of artc in the coal mine named'borgolai' situted at post office borgolai was acquired by the central government by the coal mines (nationalisation) act, 1973. the name of this mine finds place in the schedule to the act at serial no. 4. 7. the only question that arises for ..... the same management; (x) all lands, buildings and equipments belonging to the owners of the mine, and in, adjacent to or situated on the surface of, the mine where the washing of coal obtained from the mine or manufacture, therefrom, of coke is carried on; (xi) all lands and buildings other than those referred to in sub-clause (x) wherever situated, if solely used for .....
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..... of the act, the apex court in the case of bharat coking coal ltd. v. madanlal agrawal : air1997sc1599 of the judgment held as follows:the two key words for the purpose of interpreting section 3 are 'mine' and 'owners'. if we look at the definition of a 'mine' under section 2(h), the definition is designed to cover:(1) ..... the same management;(x) all lands, buildings and equipments belonging to the owner of the mine, and in, adjacent to or situated on the surface of, the mine where the washing of coal obtained from the mine or manufacture, therefrom, of coke is carried on;(xi) all lands and buildings (other than those referred to in sub-clause (x), wherever ..... in, adjacent to or situated on the surface of the mine, where washing of coal or manufacture of coke is carried on.(2) in addition, the definition of 'mine' also covers all those assets which are required for a proper functioning of the mine irrespective of whether these assets 'belong' to a mine or not. thus, for example, section 2(h)( .....
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I.A. Ansari, J.1. It was in an age of struggle that India's struggle for independence achieved success, for, with the end of the Second World War, countries were struggling to overcome the disastrous consequences, which the war had brought. It was an age, when the people, all over the world, were struggling for space and everyone wanted to have greater say in the governance of their respective countries. British empire had fragmented and struggle to occupy he void created by the fall of the British empire had had fragmented and struggle to occupy the void created by the fall of the British empire intestified. It was in such a period of transition from colonial rule to a rule of self-governance that the constitution of India was in prepared. What our constitution-makers witnessed and experienced had its reflection in our Constitution. The concept of entry tax is a concept routed in history. Before the industrial revolution, the society, world over was mainly agriculture based, there w...
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