M. P. State Mining Corporation Ltd vs. Brijendra Kumar Mala @ B. K. Mala

ITEM NO.188+186

COURT NO.1

SECTION XVII

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Civil Appeal Nos. 3799-3800/2019

UNION OF INDIA

Appellant(s)

VERSUS

RAJIV SURI

Respondent $(s)$

WITH

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CIVIL APPEAL Diary No. 51761/2024

Date : 12-11-2024 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR

For Appellant(s)	Mr. Deepak Prakash, AOR<br>Mr. Sriram P., Adv.<br>Mr. Nachiketa Vajpayee, Adv.<br>Ms. Divyangna Malik, Adv.<br>Ms. Merlyn J. Rachel, Adv.<br>Ms. Vishnu Priya, Adv.<br>Mr. Vardaan Kapoor, Adv.<br>Mr. Rahul Suresh, Adv.
	Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
	Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR
	Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv.
	Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv.
	Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Adv.
	Mr. S K Singhania, Adv.<br>Mr. Pranay Ranjan, Adv.
	Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv.
	Mr. Sunil Roy, AOR
	Mr. Manish Tiwari , AOR
	Mrs. Namami Seth, Adv.
	Mr. R K Tanwar, Adv.
	Mr. P L Pandey, Adv.
	Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv.
	Mr. Vinay Pratap Singh, Adv.<br>Mr. Nihar Ranjan Singh, Adv.
	Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General
	Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.

Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Mr. Amogh Bansal, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, AOR Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, AOR Mr. Sanchit Singh, Adv. Mr. Sushrut Sharma, Adv. Mr. Vinod Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Sugam Mishra, Adv. Mr. Om Prakash Sapra, Adv. Mrs. Barnali Basak, Adv. Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv. Mr. B C Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Kishor Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, Adv. Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Vanshdeep Dalmia, AOR Ms. Anisha Jain, Adv. Ms. Shanbhavi Singh, Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Atmaram N S Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Ms. Usha Nandini V., AOR Mr. Alex M Scaria, Adv. Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Vanshdeep Dalmia, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Respondent-in-person

Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Mr. Avijit Roy, AOR Mr. Salvador Santosh Rebello, AOR Mrs. Mona K. Rajvanshi, AOR Mr. Anurag Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Sudeep Kumar, AOR Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv. Ms. Shalini Singh, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv. Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. Ms. Priya Bhalerao, Adv. Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. M/s. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR Mr. Anand Varma, AOR Ms. Apoorva Pandey, Adv. Mr. Nishit Agrawal, AOR M/S. Lawfic, AOR Mr. Gaurav Khanna, AOR Ms. Natasha Sahrawat, Adv. Ms. Deepali Bhanot, Adv. Mr. Gautam Barnwal, Adv. Mr. Rudraksh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Alisha Roy, Adv. Mr. Jose Abraham, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar, AOR Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv. Mr. Susheel Joseph Cyriac, Adv. Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv. Ms. Priya Bhalerao, Adv. Mr. Varun Kanwal, Adv. M/s. Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR

Ms. Kalpana Tirpathi, Adv. Ms. Mansi Mehta, Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Mr. Atmaram N S Nadkarni, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nakul Dewan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Usha Nandini V., AOR Mr. Alex M Scaria, Adv. Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv. Ms. Saritha Thomas, Adv. Mr. John Thomas Arakkal, Adv. Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. P.V. Dinesh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mukund P. Unny, AOR Mr. Anna Oommen., Adv.

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

Delay is condoned, permission to file appeal(s) is granted and the appeals are admitted, subject to curing of defects, if any.

Issue notice in all the appeals where it has not been issued till date. However, the same will be subject to curing of defects, if any. Notice will be served by all modes, including dasti.

We have heard the learned counsel for the parties at some length. Keeping in view the peculiar facts and circumstances of the present case, we extend the time for completion of re-appraisal by the State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities1 till 31.03.2025. This direction will apply in the cases where the Environment Clearance2 is valid, as mining activity can only continue during the period of validity of the EC.

<span id="page-5-1"></span><span id="page-5-0"></span>1 For short "SEIAA". 2 For short "EC".

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There may be parties who have not applied to SEIAA for such re-appraisal. They may do the same within a period of three weeks from today.

The State Governments will also ensure that SEIAA, where not constituted, are constituted within a period of six weeks from today.

Re-list in the week commencing 27.01.2025.

On the next date of hearing, the appeals will be taken up in the first five matters in the list of regular matters on the Board.

(BABITA PANDEY) (R.S. NARAYANAN) COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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