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Deepak Kumar vs State of Haryana and Others.

Country/Territory
India
Type of court
National - higher court
Date
Jan 16, 2012
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
Supreme Court of India
Judge
Radhakrishnan., K.S.
Reference number
19628-19629 / 2009
Language
English
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems, Mineral resources
Keyword
Mining
Abstract
This Court on 25.11.2011 passed an order directing the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to submit a report after carrying out site inspections, under intimation to the MoEF, concerned State Governments and the applicant, regarding the alleged illegal mining going on in some parts of States of U.P. and Rajasthan and also to submit a report regarding the areas identified for mining in the State of Haryana. The entire illegal mining has been legalized and facilitated by the concerned officers mainly by providing a disproportionately large number of transitpermits to sanctioned leaseholders and which have been misused and by allowing the illegally established screening plants and crushers to continue operating. There is no effective system in place for checking illegal mining. The CEC is also of the view that the illegal mining has continued not because of lack of effective Rules and procedure but in spite of them. This has been mainly possible because of the active connivance of the officers. The Court ordered: The District Collector, Superintendent of Police, Mining Officer, will take immediate steps to stop all illegal mining activities and to seal all crusher plants, screening plants etc. operating illegally. Screening plants/crushers illegally functioning there be seized so also the illegally mined materials and also the vehicles used for illegal transportation of those material. Compliance report to this respect be filed within two weeks.
Full text
COU-159192.pdf