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Sand Mining Money Laundering Case | Madras High Court Closes Plea Challenging ED's Notice To District Collectors
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Sand Mining Money Laundering Case | Madras High Court Closes Plea Challenging ED's Notice To District Collectors

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has closed the petitions filed by the State of Tamil Nadu challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to the District Collectors in connection with the probe of sand mining money laundering case. While doing so, the High Court remarked that the ED had attempted to conduct a “fishing inquiry” relating to sand mining without …

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Can ED Attach Property Without FIR For Predicate Offence? Supreme Court To Examine In TN Sand Mining Case
3 weeks ago

Can ED Attach Property Without FIR For Predicate Offence? Supreme Court To Examine In TN Sand Mining Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court is set to examine the issue of whether the Enforcement Directorate can attach a property in the absence of any FIR in relation to the scheduled offence with which the property is allegedly related. The first proviso states that "no such order of attachment shall be made unless, in relation to the scheduled offence, a report has …

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Check illegal sand mining or will order CBI probe: Madras HC
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Check illegal sand mining or will order CBI probe: Madras HC

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Wednesday warned of ordering a probe by the CBI if the state government authorities fail to act tough on the looting of the natural resources in the forest villages of Coimbatore district. A special division bench of Justices N Sathish Kumar and D Bharatha Chakravarthy, while hearing a batch of petitions on unauthorised operation …

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Caught on camera: Goons retake seized truck carrying illegal sand in Tamil Nadu
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Caught on camera: Goons retake seized truck carrying illegal sand in Tamil Nadu

India Today  

A group of goons allegedly obstructed authorities and retook a truck seized during a raid on illegal sand mining in Perumbakkam, sparking a police investigation. After reports that several trucks were illegally carrying sand for construction and selling it for Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000, officials identified a Taurus truck transporting sand without the necessary permits during their search on …

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India’s Economic Inequality Crisis: How Elite Development Models Failed the Nation
1 month, 2 weeks ago

India’s Economic Inequality Crisis: How Elite Development Models Failed the Nation

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 09, 2024 19:05 IST - 30 MINS READ On June 4, 2005, the venerated business house of the Tatas signed an agreement to set up a steel plant in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. “The major beneficiaries of the government’s largesse”, the Press Trust of India reported at the time, were “big corporate entities like Reliance Industries, Essar Steel and …

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Flip-flops in Andhra Pradesh sand policy
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Flip-flops in Andhra Pradesh sand policy

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh has witnessed many flip-flops in sand policies over the past decade. The current government issued GO 43 in July 2024, which withdrew the existing sand policies — namely, the New Sand Mining Policy 2019 and the Upgraded Sand Policy 2021 — and replaced them with an Interim Mechanism for Sand Supply until the formulation of the Sand Policy …

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Centre bans riverbed mining operations during monsoons
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre bans riverbed mining operations during monsoons

Hindustan Times  

The Union environment ministry has said no quarrying of riverbed material and sand mining operations should be carried out during the monsoon season. It has been inter alia recommended in the Enforcement and Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining 2020 that there shall be no riverbed mining operation allowed in monsoon period. Based on decision of FAC, the ministry has now …

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Odisha youth falls into illegal sand mining pit, dies
4 months ago

Odisha youth falls into illegal sand mining pit, dies

New Indian Express  

JAJPUR: Tension erupted in Brahmabarada and Chandpur areas of Jajpur district following the death of an 18-year-old youth, Shaik Jalal, who reportedly drowned in a pit caused by illegal sand mining in the Brahmani riverbed. Irked with the indiscriminate mining that led to the mishap, the locals staged a road blockade on the Baruan-Balichandrapur route, placing Jalal’s body near Brahmabarada …

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NGT Directs Chhattisgarh PCB To Impose Penalty On Violators For Ilegal Sand Mining
4 months ago

NGT Directs Chhattisgarh PCB To Impose Penalty On Violators For Ilegal Sand Mining

Live Law  

The central bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Chhattisgarh State Pollution Control Board to realise the environmental compensation from the violators conducting illegal mining.A bench of Justice Sheo Kumar Singh and Dr. A. Senthil Vel directed that, "that the recommendations submitted by the Joint Committee must be strictly complied with and further direct that. The central bench of …

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Illegal sand mining in Chaliyar goes unchecked as locals slam police, Revenue dept.
4 months ago

Illegal sand mining in Chaliyar goes unchecked as locals slam police, Revenue dept.

The Hindu  

Taking advantage of lack of surveillance, illegal sand miners have carved out unauthorised access roads to the banks of Chaliyar eyeing the huge deposit of sand formed in the river following the recent landslides in Wayanad and Vilangad in Kozhikode. Police and Revenue officials had become less active in the region due to attacks on officials who took a firm …

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HC issues notices to Telangana government over illegal sand mining in Kamareddy, granite mining in Karimnagar
4 months, 2 weeks ago

HC issues notices to Telangana government over illegal sand mining in Kamareddy, granite mining in Karimnagar

The Hindu  

Telangana High Court on August 5 issued notices to the State government over ‘illegal sand mining’ in Bichukonda mandal of Kamareddy district, having taken up a letter written by local bar association president A. Prakash as PIL petition. A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J. Sreenivas Rao directed the officials of different government departments to file counter …

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Protests grow over government decision to resume mineral sand mining at Thottappally
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Protests grow over government decision to resume mineral sand mining at Thottappally

The Hindu  

Protest is brewing against the State government’s decision to restart mineral sand mining at Thottappally in Alappuzha. Permission to KMML Last month, the government granted permission to Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited to extract mineral-rich sand from the Thottappally pozhi and spillway channel to ensure the smooth flow of floodwaters from Kuttanad to the sea during the monsoon season. Last …

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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (15 July-20 July, 2024)
5 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up (15 July-20 July, 2024)

Live Law  

With another week gone at the Supreme Court of India, Live Law is back with its Supreme Court Weekly Digest, dedicated to keeping our readers abreast of the most recent legal developments in the country's apex court. Supreme Court Orders Interim Release Of YouTuber Savukku Shankar Till High Court Decides Plea Against Preventive Detention Case Title – A. Kamala v. …

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'ED Action Without Any Basis' : Madras High Court Stops Money Laundering Probe Against Contractors Over Sand Mining
5 months ago

'ED Action Without Any Basis' : Madras High Court Stops Money Laundering Probe Against Contractors Over Sand Mining

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently restrained the Enforcement Directorate from carrying out its investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against private contractors in connection with alleged illegal sand mining. The court added that unless a case in the scheduled offence was registered and such an offence generated proceeds of crime, the ED could not have initiated any action. …

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Andhra Pradesh: Kovur Police Launch Crackdown on Illegal Sand Mining
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: Kovur Police Launch Crackdown on Illegal Sand Mining

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: The Kovur police in Nellore district have launched a crackdown against illegal sand mining operations in the region, resulting in the seizure of several sand-laden tractors and tipper lorries. He warned that the police would not hesitate to enforce the law against illegal sand mining activities. "We are determined to trace the masterminds behind this illegal sand transportation racket …

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ED: Proceeds from sand mining used to pay excavator loans
5 months, 3 weeks ago

ED: Proceeds from sand mining used to pay excavator loans

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Enforcement Directorate ’s investigation into the money trail of the alleged Rs 4,730 crore river sand mining scam has indicated that a portion of the cash from the sale of sand was routed through multiple accounts to one primary account, which was used for repaying monthly dues for loans taken to buy excavators. As part of the probe, …

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BJP prez K Annamalai slams TN government for failing to curb illegal sand mining
5 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP prez K Annamalai slams TN government for failing to curb illegal sand mining

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: BJP’s state president K Annamalai on Thursday criticised the current DMK government, following reports regarding dossier sent by the Enforcement Directorate to Tamil Nadu DGP regarding illegal sand mining valued at Rs 4,730 crore. In his press statement, Annamalai condemned the DMK government for failing to take action against officials who allegedly collaborated with the sand mafia, allowing excessive …

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Purandeswari wants CBI to probe liquor manufacture, sand mining
6 months ago

Purandeswari wants CBI to probe liquor manufacture, sand mining

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: BJP state president Daggubati Purandeswari on Saturday demanded a CBI probe into the anomalies in manufacture and supply of liquor and also sand mining during the YSRC regime. These deaths had been due to substandard raw materials, use of synthetic alcohol, outdated distillation and purification equipment, synthetic chemicals and packing of fresh liquor in plastic bottles even before ageing. …

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In Gurdaspur Lok Sabha Seat, BJP Faces ‘Missing MP’ Barbs, AAP’s ‘Achievement’ Ignored, Congress In Comfortable Position
6 months, 3 weeks ago

In Gurdaspur Lok Sabha Seat, BJP Faces ‘Missing MP’ Barbs, AAP’s ‘Achievement’ Ignored, Congress In Comfortable Position

News 18  

The Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 parliamentary constituencies in Punjab that will go to polls in the last phase of the election on June 1. In the 2019 parliamentary elections, the BJP’s celebrity candidate, Sunny Deol, backed by undivided Akali Dal, bagged a winning vote share of 50.8% with a comfortable lead of 82,459 votes. In …

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Fish kill in Periyar triggers call against river sand mining
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Fish kill in Periyar triggers call against river sand mining

The Hindu  

The mass death of fish in the Edayar stretch of the Periyar last week has prompted environmentalists to once again raise voice against the government’s decision to mine sand from river beds after a gap of nearly a decade. Though sand mining has not been carried out in the State since 2016 for want of environmental clearance, river protection activists …

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NGT Says Sand Mining in Manair Illegal, Imposes ’25cr Penalty on Irrigation, Mining Departments
7 months ago

NGT Says Sand Mining in Manair Illegal, Imposes ’25cr Penalty on Irrigation, Mining Departments

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: The National Green Tribunal, Southern Zone, on Tuesday confirmed that illegal sand mining was going on in the Manair river in the name of de-siltation, and instructed Telangana state Chief Secretary to stop immediately all sand mining activities across the river in the erstwhile Karimnagar district. Welcoming the NGT order, Congress leader T. Sammi Reddy demanded action against BRS …

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SC issues guidelines to curb illegal sand mining in AP
7 months, 1 week ago

SC issues guidelines to curb illegal sand mining in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Supreme Court on Thursday has issued guidelines to curb illegal sand mining in AP and directed both the Centre and AP to submit their report on implementation of its order by June 9 and posted the next hearing to July 15 in New Delhi. The apex court has ordered for setting up a committee with police officials in …

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Sand mining scam: ED conducts raids at former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati's house
9 months, 1 week ago

Sand mining scam: ED conducts raids at former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati's house

Op India  

On Thursday, the Enforcement Directorate raided over a dozen places in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Maharashtra as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation involving former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati and his family members. The ED’s money laundering case, filed in 2021, after an FIR filed by the Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Department against Prajapati and individuals associated with him …

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RJD chief Lalu Prasad's close aide Subhash Yadav arrested from Bihar by ED in sand mining case
9 months, 1 week ago

RJD chief Lalu Prasad's close aide Subhash Yadav arrested from Bihar by ED in sand mining case

Op India  

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Subhash Yadav, a close aide of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe in the alleged illegal sand mining case. Subhash was arrested late Saturday night under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act following raids carried out by the agency sleuths at several locations in Bihar’s Patna. Sources said …

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