Karnataka High Court Quashes Government Order Cancelling Mining Leases for Non-Existent Quarrying Leases — Violation of Natural Justice and Lack of Application of Mind. The impugned order cancelled quarrying leases under Section 4(1A) of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and Rule 8(1) of Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1994, but petitioners held only mining leases, not quarrying leases.
24 May 2021The judgment concerns two writ petitions filed by M/s. Ganapathy Granite Impex Pvt Ltd. and Sri Janardhan Naik challenging an order dated 20.06.2018 p...





