SC to hear plea on Justice Shah panel extension
FirstpostThe Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to extend by one year the tenure of the Justice M B Shah panel inquiring into mining-related issues New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to extend by one year the tenure of the Justice M B Shah panel inquiring into mining-related issues. Prashant Bhushan, appearing for them, said either the Centre be asked to extend the tenure of the panel or another Commission be formed under the chairpersonship of Justice Shah to inquire into “all aspects of illegal mining and other mining-related issues in the country, especially in the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha, as a commission appointed by this court and to submit its reports to this court.” He also sought a direction to the central government to place all the Justice Shah Commission of Inquiry reports in the public domain. “The decision not to grant extension to the Justice Shah Commission, as was sought by the Commission, itself is clearly malafide since it had become clear that the work of the Commission was affecting the interest of the big corporates and mining barons as well as of the top politicians and ministers in the country. “Hence decision to close Justice Shah Commission prior to completion of investigation of gross illegal mining activities in these states is malafide since it is feared that the Commission’s work, which is still to be completed in certain respects, will expose the collusion of government officials in the loot of public resources and the inability of the Ministry of Mines to control the situation,” it said.
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