Karnataka High Court Adjudicated Writ Petition Against Penalty Demand Under Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957; Final Disposition Not Available in Provided Extract. Petitioner contested levy of penalty under Section 21(5) of MMDR Act on 54,120 MT of iron ore and computation at 65% grade after conceding that 75,000 MT was mined and no stock found....
The writ petition arose from mining lease ML 2572 granted to Sri N. Shaik Sab for iron ore extraction in Siddapura Village, Sandur Taluk, Ballari District, for a term of twenty years with effect from ...




