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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Odisha: SC says companies will face 100% penalty for illegal mining

Odisha: SC says companies will face 100% penalty for illegal mining

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published Published on Aug 2, 2017   modified Modified on Aug 2, 2017
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The court refused to order a CBI inquiry into connivance of officials in the Rs 60,000 crore scam, but directed the setting up of an expert committee.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said mining companies that had been operating without necessary clearances in Odisha would be subject to a 100% penalty on the price of the ore that had been illegally extracted. The court also said that the government’s policy regarding mining is now outdated, and directed it to form a new policy by December 31, 2017 to ensure India’s natural resources are protected for future generations.

“The facts revealed during the hearing of these writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution suggest a mining scandal of enormous proportions and one involving megabucks,” said a bench headed by justice Madan B Lokur. “Lessees in the districts of Keonjhar, Sundergarh and Mayurbhanj in Odisha have rapaciously mined iron ore and manganese ore, apparently destroyed the environment and forests and perhaps caused untold misery to the tribals in the area.”

The order was based on a Public Interest Litigation filed by Common Cause, which demanded action against leases that had been pointed out as violating the law by the Justice MB Shah Commission on illegal mining. The violations primarily involve companies that had illegally mined ore in excess of the quantum permitted under the forest or environmental clearances they had been granted, and some that had failed to obtain the clearances altogether. Common Cause’s Prashant Bhushan had also called for a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the connivance of officials involved in the scam.

Although the court did not order a CBI investigation, it did direct the setting up of an expert committee presided over by a retired Supreme Court judge to “identify the lapses that have occurred over the years that have enabled rampant illegal and unlawful mining in Odisha and to recommend preventive measures not only to the State of Odisha but generally to all other States.”

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