Illegal Mining In Goa: Even If State Renewal Struck Down, Leases Deemed To Be Extended Till 2020, Argues ASG Nadkarni
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Illegal Mining In Goa: Even If State Renewal Struck Down, Leases Deemed To Be Extended Till 2020, Argues ASG Nadkarni

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The Supreme Court division bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta today resumed the hearing on the challenge posed by Goa Foundation, a non-profit organization, to the renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases by the state of Goa in January, 2015.The arguments opened with Advocate Mr. Prashant Bhushan contending, on behalf of Goa Foundation, that immediately upon the cabinet nod to. The Supreme Court division bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta today resumed the hearing on the challenge posed by Goa Foundation, a non-profit organization, to the renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases by the state of Goa in January, 2015. The arguments opened with Advocate Mr. Prashant Bhushan contending, on behalf of Goa Foundation, that immediately upon the cabinet nod to the Mines and Minerals Amendment Ordinance of 2015, mandating the auction of mining leases, the State Government hastened to grant the impugned renewals. Mr. Bhushan also sought to challenge the constitutional validity of the Mines and Minerals Amendment Act of 2015, in so far as it inserts section 8A in the Act of 1957, thereby increasing the duration of mining leases granted prior to the said amendment to fifty years, authorizing the state governments to renew the same for twenty years and pending such renewal, providing for the automatic extension thereof till 31st March, 2020.

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