Environment Ministry Panel Allows Mining on Non-Forest Land Before Final Approval
This decision has drawn criticism from legal experts and environmentalists.
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This decision has drawn criticism from legal experts and environmentalists.
‘Third party interest cannot be created out of own free will’ Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Dec 21: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that Letter of Intent is only a formality of initiation of process and right to claim grant of lease and execution of formal lease deed would accrue to the concerned person only if the requisite formalities as envisaged under the Mining Rules are completed. Moreover, the recipient of Letter of Intent cannot create […]
In order to lend administrative and statutory support to the structure of preventing of illegal extraction of minor minerals as also simultaneously to facilitate and ensure smooth supply of such minerals , there is an important provision of granting of short term permits to the desirous resident entrepreneurs of Jammu and Kashmir. Has there been no adequate response from the prospective extractors / contractors / entrepreneurs and others engaged in the extraction of minor minerals? Looking to various projects of […]
The National Green Tribunal has directed a three-member committee headed by District Magistrate to look into the plea alleging illegal mining activities in Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.In a recently passed order, the principal bench ...
The plea stated that the illegal mining and operation of stone crushing activities in Districts Gondia and Bhandara in Maharashtra is without requisite Environmental Clearance (EC) in terms of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Deepak Kumar v. State of Haryana & Ors.