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Definition :

Conservation, includes preservation, maintenance sustainable, utilisation, restoration and enhance-ment of the natural environment, T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpal v. Union of India, (2006) 1 SCC 1.

The expression 'conservation' means 'the act of keeping or protecting from loss or injury'. With reference to the natural resources, the expression in the context means preservation of mineral; the wide scope of the expression 'conservation of minerals' comprehends any rule reasonably connected with the purpose of protecting the loss of coal through the waste of coal mine, such a rule may also regulate the discharge of slurry or collection of coal particles after the water content of slurry is soaked by soil, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. v. State of Bihar, (1990) 4 SCC 557 (572). [Mines and Minerals, (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, s. 18(1)]