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S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 7964/2016

[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 11-09-2015 in WP No. 10364/2015 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for The State of Telangana and The State of Andhra Pradesh]

COROMANDEL MINING AND EXPORTS PVT. LTD. & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 28396/2016 (IV-A) (FOR APPLICATION FOR TAGGING/DETAGGING ON IA 138858/2023)

SLP(C) No. 1684/2017 (IV-A) (FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 149484/2023)

Date : 28-01-2025 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN (not participated)

For Petitioner(s) :

Mr. Ramesh Babu M. R., AOR

Mr. S.S. Mahendra, Adv.

Mr. Kumar Kartikay, Adv.

Mr. E. Vinay Kumar, Adv.

• Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR
• Ms. Neelu Sharma, Adv.
• Mr. Anirudh Kaushik, Adv.
• Mr. Kartik Hooda, Adv.
• Mr. M.V. Mukunda, Adv. Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR

Mr. Rahul Kaushik, Sr. Adv. *

For Respondent(s) : Signature Not Verified

Digitally signed by Deepak Guglani Date: 2025.01.29 17:14:13 IST Reason:

• Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR
• Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR

Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G. (N/P) Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Adv. Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv. Mr. Sharath Nambiar, Adv. Mr. Sughosh Subramaniam, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Apoorv Kurup, Adv. Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Mrs. K. Radha, Adv. Mr. K. Maruthi Rao, Adv. Mrs. Anjani Aiyagari, AOR Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. Mr. Tarun, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. (N/P) Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Jayant Mohan, Adv. Ms. Nayantara B.G., Adv. Mr. Dhawal Mohan, AOR Ms. Deepeika Kalia, Adv. Ms. Adya Shree Dutta, Adv. M/s. Lawyers Knit & Co., AOR Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv. Mr. S. Tridev Sagar, Adv. Mr. Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv. Mr. Ivo D Costa, Adv. Mr. Guruprasad Naik, Adv. Ms. Anshula Vijay Kumar Grover, AOR Mr. Kushagra Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anuj Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Akarsh Khare, Adv. Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Ms. Priya S. Bhalerao, Adv. Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. M/s. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following O R D E R

The present petitions cannot be heard by one of us, K.V. Viswanathan, J. Therefore, two of us, Chief Justice and Sanjay Kumar, J., have proceeded to hear the same.

SLP(C) NOS. 28396/2016 and 1684/2017

We do not find any good ground and reason to interfere with the impugned judgments/orders, which have upheld the amended Sections 5, 10 and 11 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. Such amendments were made in the year 2015.

Recording the aforesaid, the special leave petitions are dismissed.

Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.

SLP(C) NO. 7964/2016

Re-list along with all connected/tagged matters for hearing by two of us, Chief Justice and Sanjay Kumar, J., tomorrow, that is, on 29.01.2025.

(DEEPAK GUGLANI) (R.S. NARAYANAN) AR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

** No online appearance/physical appearance slip received.