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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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