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"I Bow Down...": What Outgoing Chief Justice NV Ramana Said On Last Day In Office
On his final day as CJI, NV Ramana delivered judgements on the PIL seeking a ban on 'election freebies', the 2007 Gorakhpur riots case, the Karnataka mining case, Rajasthan mining lease issue and liquidation regulations under bankruptcy law
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Supreme Court Allows Sand Mining In Bihar, Says Ban Causes Huge Losses
Observing that a total ban on legal sand mining causes huge loss to the public exchequer, the Supreme Court today allowed the Bihar government to carry on mining activities through the Bihar State Mining Corporation.
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Goa Government Files Review Petition In Supreme Court Against Mining Ban
The Goa government on Tuesday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its 2018 judgement imposing a ban on iron ore mining activity in the coastal state, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said.
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Praises Supreme Court Verdict On Coal Mining
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday praised as "people's victory" the Supreme Court directive to lift the National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining and said the verdict has upheld the rights of indigenous people on land and mineral deposits.
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Manohar Parrikar Likely To Meet PM Modi Next Week Over Mining Crisis
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week to resolve the mining crisis in the coastal state which was triggered after the Supreme Court banned mining in all 88 operational mining leases in March.
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Traffic Jams, Violence In Panaji As Protesters Oppose Mining Ban
Defying prohibitory orders, hundreds of people protested in Panaji on Monday against a recent Supreme Court order banning mining in Goa, leading to a lathicharge by the police to disperse protesters who had disrupted traffic by blocking the main entry and exit points to the city.
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All Options Including Auction Of Mining Leases On Table: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said his government will explore all options, including auction of mining leases, to ensure that the mining industry is not affected by the Supreme Court order which set aside second renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases in the state.
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Vedanta Arm Wins Tender To Redevelop Mormugao Port In Goa
The firm led by mining baron Anil Agarwal was permitted to mine 5.5 million tonnes of iron ore in 2015-16 fiscal from Goa, with the total cap by Supreme Court being 20 MT for the entire state. Mining operations started in 2015 in Goa after the apex court had banned it in 2012.
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Vedanta Hopeful of Resuming Iron Ore Mining in Goa by October
The iron ore industry in the state has been closed since 2012 after a Supreme Court order. The ban was lifted in 2014 but operations are yet to resume.
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Will Work to Lift Cap on India Iron Ore Output, Says Vedanta
A mining ban that had been in place in Goa since September 2012 was lifted last year, but the resumption of operations was delayed while the government gave environmental clearance.
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Iron Ore Mining Ban Led to Negative Growth in Cargo Traffic: Economic Survey
Supreme Court, in April this year, allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore to be extracted in Goa which was banned by it in the state for nearly one-and-a-half years.
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Goa Mining Stakeholders Want Early Resumption of Operations
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had earlier said the policy would be drafted by June-end but the stakeholders feel the government should fast-track the process so that the mining industry, which has been reeling under a Supreme Court ban for last two years, can resume operations.
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Goa Says New Mining Policy to be in Place by June
The Goa government has said it will adopt a transparent mechanism to award mining leases in future and is studying the Supreme Court order lifting ban on iron ore extraction before taking a decision on vacating current mine operators whose fate hangs in balance.
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Why JSPL Fell 15% in Last Three Days
JSPL is largely dependent on iron ore supplies from Sarda mines in Orissa, whose environmental clearance expired in March 2014. The Orissa government has directed production from the mines to be stopped. Production from these mines will be stopped if the Supreme Court bans iron ore mining in Orissa.
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Sesa Sterlite not to Lay Off On-Notice 1017 Employees
The layoff notices were given following the closure of iron ore business of Sesa Sterlite due to a Supreme Court imposed ban on mining in the state.
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"I Bow Down...": What Outgoing Chief Justice NV Ramana Said On Last Day In Office
On his final day as CJI, NV Ramana delivered judgements on the PIL seeking a ban on 'election freebies', the 2007 Gorakhpur riots case, the Karnataka mining case, Rajasthan mining lease issue and liquidation regulations under bankruptcy law
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Supreme Court Allows Sand Mining In Bihar, Says Ban Causes Huge Losses
Observing that a total ban on legal sand mining causes huge loss to the public exchequer, the Supreme Court today allowed the Bihar government to carry on mining activities through the Bihar State Mining Corporation.
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Goa Government Files Review Petition In Supreme Court Against Mining Ban
The Goa government on Tuesday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its 2018 judgement imposing a ban on iron ore mining activity in the coastal state, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said.
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Meghalaya Chief Minister Praises Supreme Court Verdict On Coal Mining
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday praised as "people's victory" the Supreme Court directive to lift the National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining and said the verdict has upheld the rights of indigenous people on land and mineral deposits.
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Manohar Parrikar Likely To Meet PM Modi Next Week Over Mining Crisis
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week to resolve the mining crisis in the coastal state which was triggered after the Supreme Court banned mining in all 88 operational mining leases in March.
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Traffic Jams, Violence In Panaji As Protesters Oppose Mining Ban
Defying prohibitory orders, hundreds of people protested in Panaji on Monday against a recent Supreme Court order banning mining in Goa, leading to a lathicharge by the police to disperse protesters who had disrupted traffic by blocking the main entry and exit points to the city.
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All Options Including Auction Of Mining Leases On Table: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said his government will explore all options, including auction of mining leases, to ensure that the mining industry is not affected by the Supreme Court order which set aside second renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases in the state.
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Vedanta Arm Wins Tender To Redevelop Mormugao Port In Goa
The firm led by mining baron Anil Agarwal was permitted to mine 5.5 million tonnes of iron ore in 2015-16 fiscal from Goa, with the total cap by Supreme Court being 20 MT for the entire state. Mining operations started in 2015 in Goa after the apex court had banned it in 2012.
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Vedanta Hopeful of Resuming Iron Ore Mining in Goa by October
The iron ore industry in the state has been closed since 2012 after a Supreme Court order. The ban was lifted in 2014 but operations are yet to resume.
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Will Work to Lift Cap on India Iron Ore Output, Says Vedanta
A mining ban that had been in place in Goa since September 2012 was lifted last year, but the resumption of operations was delayed while the government gave environmental clearance.
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Iron Ore Mining Ban Led to Negative Growth in Cargo Traffic: Economic Survey
Supreme Court, in April this year, allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore to be extracted in Goa which was banned by it in the state for nearly one-and-a-half years.
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Goa Mining Stakeholders Want Early Resumption of Operations
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had earlier said the policy would be drafted by June-end but the stakeholders feel the government should fast-track the process so that the mining industry, which has been reeling under a Supreme Court ban for last two years, can resume operations.
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Goa Says New Mining Policy to be in Place by June
The Goa government has said it will adopt a transparent mechanism to award mining leases in future and is studying the Supreme Court order lifting ban on iron ore extraction before taking a decision on vacating current mine operators whose fate hangs in balance.
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Why JSPL Fell 15% in Last Three Days
JSPL is largely dependent on iron ore supplies from Sarda mines in Orissa, whose environmental clearance expired in March 2014. The Orissa government has directed production from the mines to be stopped. Production from these mines will be stopped if the Supreme Court bans iron ore mining in Orissa.
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Sesa Sterlite not to Lay Off On-Notice 1017 Employees
The layoff notices were given following the closure of iron ore business of Sesa Sterlite due to a Supreme Court imposed ban on mining in the state.
