Bombay High Court Allows Petitions Challenging Royalty on Ordinary Earth — Notification Dated 03.02.2000 Declared Ultra Vires. Ordinary Earth Not a Mineral Under Section 3(e) of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957....
The petitioners, M/s. Utkal Highways and others, were partnership firms engaged in excavation of ordinary earth. They challenged the notification dated 03.02.2000 issued by the Union of India under Se...




