Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores vs State of Karnataka

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2010 Supreme(SC) 856

H.L.DATTU, P.SATHASIVAM
Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : K. K. Venugopal, Krishnan Venugopal, Sr. Advs., Uday Tiwary, Abir Phukan, Sidharth Singh, A. Raghunath, Shyam Mohan, Nishant A. V., P. V. Dinesh, P. Rajesh, P. V. Vinod, T. P. Sindhu, Athouba K., Sunil Dogra, A. Venayagam Balan, Harshad V. Hameed, Kuriakose Varghese, K. Rajeev, B. Agrawal, Rajeev Mehta, Advs., with them for the Appellant(s).
For the Respondents:Dushant Dave, D. L. N. Rao, Sr. Advs., Bhardwaj S. Iyengar, Badri Vishal, Prashant Kumar, M. Gireesh Kumar, S. K. Kulkarni, A. S. Kulkarni, M/s. Ap & J Chambers, Manu Nair, P. C. Sen, R. Sharma, Mark Disouza, M/s. Suresh A. Shroff & Co., Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Ms. Rashmi Nand Kumar, S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Ms. Bina Madhavan, Biswanath Agrawalla, Vivek Chib, Rajiv Mehta, K. N. Phanindra, Ms. Kiran Suri, Ms. Aparna Bhat Mattoo, S. J. Amith, Ms. Nazneen Ahmed, Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, Advs., with them for the Respondent(s).

JUDGMENT

P. Sathasivam, J. —

1) Leave granted in all the special leave petitions.

2) These appeals seek to challenge the common judgment and order of the Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka dated 05.06.2009 arising out of Writ Appeal No. 5084 of 2008 and allied matters and the decision of the State Government dated 26/27.02.2002 as well as the Central Government dated 29.07.2003.

3) The appellants in these appeals are Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd. (in short “Sandur”) and M/s MSPL Ltd. The principal respondents are M/s Kalyani Steels Ltd. (in short “Kalyani”) and M/s Jindal Vijayanagar Steels Ltd. (in short “Jindal”). Apart from these, the State of Karnataka and the Union of India are also arrayed as respondents.

4) Factual matrix:

a) The case of Sandur (Petitioner in SLP (C) No. 22077 of 2009) is as follows:

(i) Shri Y.R. Ghorpade, ex-Ruler of Sandur State, was granted lease for mining of Iron & Manganese Ores under Order No. GEO.Ms.068 dated 26.02.1953, for a period of 20 years commencing from 01.01.1954 to the extent of 29 sq. miles, falling within the boundaries of the Sandur State. On 18.01.1954, the appellant-Company was incorporated as a Private Limited Company un

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2010 Supreme(SC) 856

H.L.DATTU, P.SATHASIVAMSandur Manganese & Iron Ores – AppellantVersusState of Karnataka – Respondent

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H.L.DATTU, P.SATHASIVAM
Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores – Appellant
Versus
State of Karnataka – Respondent