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The Kerala High Court was hearing the three pleas filed by private landowners challenging the constitutionality of the Kerala Minerals (Vesting of Rights) Act, 2021.

Kerala High Court says state can't claim royalty on mining activity before 2021, upholds state minerals law

December 22, 2025 6:33 pm

Kerala High Court mining royalty ruling: Justice Edappagath said the state cannot claim royalty for the minerals extracted by private persons from their own land that fall within the Malabar area before the Minerals Vesting Act, 2021 came into being.

How clean energy needs, new tech shape mineral governance in India

July 17, 2025 3:41 pm

India is endowed with a wide range of minerals, which are essentials for its growth and development. But what is the constitutional division of powers between the Centre and states to regulate minerals?

Coal Mining Scam: Enforcement Directorate likely to submit status report in Supreme Court tomorrow

January 14, 2014 6:48 pm

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for one of the petitioners on whose plea the apex court is monitoring the probe, had submitted that ED and CBI should act simultaneously like they did in 2G scam.

Coal scam: Government admits giving CIL blocks to private firms

September 24, 2013 1:02 am

It justified saying five such blocks were allocated under the Mines and Minerals Act.

Centre,states slug it out over MMDR clauses

October 05, 2009 2:00 am

The Centres ambitious plans for the mining sector hit a roadblock after the mining ministry and the mineral-rich states failed to reach a consensus....