• Public Interest Litigation Incidental extraction of minor minerals Grievance of the rapid depletion of limestone deposits in the State Issue of misuse of minor mineral licence for limestone granted by the State by the licensees not adhering to the end-use Ground for allowing limestone to be exported under minor mineral licences for quarrying being that there is no express bar to the export of the mineral in any of the notifications issued by the Union State cannot subvert the mechanism put in by a law of Parliament by openly allowing limestone to be mined or quarried under a minor mineral for ultimate export Matter of public interest and Court entertaining the same Status or conduct of petitioner held, not relevant – Direction not to allow export of limestone mined or quarried under minor mineral licence by obtaining regular end-use certificates from the licences and verifying the same State to formulate rule regulating minor mineral being “incidentally’ extracted Disposed of. [Paras 14, 15, 44, 46, 53, 54 and 57]
LAWYERSON vs STATE OF MEGHALAYA 18/19 24/11/22 [ SANJIB JJ ]
[ MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT ]