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The Court approved Amicus’s 11 condition framework for disposal of minerals from expired leases, holding the conditions mandatory, and permitted amalgamation of mining blocks with virgin forest land for auction, subject to strict statutory and environmental safeguards..
Advocates Act, 1961 — S. 24(1)(f) — Enrolment Fees: Charging of enrolment fees in excess of statutory stipulation under Advocates Act, 1961
2024 was a year of pathbreaking verdicts on several issues such as Electoral Bonds, Citizenship Act, Tax/Royalty on Mines, Minority Institutions etc. Some major issues saw unanimous and near unanimous verdicts by the Supreme Court; however, there were notable Dissenting Opinions in 2024 which shed light on several key legal concepts.
Even though the Court declined to declare Explanations to Rule 38 of MCR, 2016 and Rule 45(8)(a) of MCDR, 2017 as unconstitutional, it took strict note of the anomaly in the provisions vis-a-vis computation of royalty to be levied for the extraction or consumption of mined ores and gave the Respondents one last chance to resolve the issue.
Arbitration — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 34 and 37 — Arbitral award — Validity of: Law explained on validity
“For vitiating the proceedings, something more than a mere lack of authority has to be established.”
The violators cannot be permitted to go scot free on payment of penalty only.