2011 Supreme(SC) 1516
S. H. KAPADIA, AFTAB ALAM, K. S. P. RADHAKRISHNAN
Government of Andhra Pradesh – Appellant
Versus
Obulapuram Mining Company Private Limited – Respondent
Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Parag P. Tripathi, ASG. Mr. T.V. Ratnam, Adv. Mr. Sindhu T.P., Adv. Mr. P.V. Vinod, Adv. Mr. P.V. Dinesh, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv Ms. Triveni Potekar, Adv. Ms. I. Bimla Devi, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, Adv. Mr. K. Raghavacharayulu, Adv. Mr. Pragyan Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv. Mr. D. Julius, Adv. Mr. Gaochangpou Gangmei, Adv. Mr. Anil B. Divan, Sr.Adv. Mr. K. Gooptu, Adv. Mr. Ranvir Singh, Adv.Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. P. Ramesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ranvir Singh, Adv. Mr. G. Umapathy, Adv. Ms. Sudha Umapathy, Adv. Mr. S. Ramsubramanian, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, Adv.
For the Respondent: Mr. Mukul Rohtagi, Sr.Adv. Mr. K. Raghavacharayulu, Adv. Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Adv. Mr. D. Julius Riamei, Adv. Mr. Gaochangpou Gangmei, Adv. Mr. T.S. Doabia, Sr.Adv. Mr. Aman Ahluwlia, Adv. Ms. Asha G. Nair, Adv. Mr. Satya Sidiqui, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra, Adv. Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, Adv. Mr. P.V. Dinesh, Adv. Ms. T.P. Sindhu, Adv. Mr. P.V. Vinod, Adv. Mr. Ashok Haranahalli, AG.Mr. R.G. Kolle, Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, Adv. Mr. Gautam, Adv. Mr. G.N. Reddy, Adv. Mr. V.Pattabhiram, Adv. Mr. P.P. Malhotra, ASG. Ms. Sukhbeer Kaur Bajwa, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.N. Terdal, Adv. Mr. Harin P. Raval, ASG. Mr. Ashok K. Srivastava, Adv. Mr. B.K. Prasad, Adv. Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr.Adv. Mr. Manu Nair, Adv.Mr. Anuj Berry, Adv. M/s. Suresh A. Shroff & Co., Advs.Mr. D.A. Dave, Sr.Adv. Ms. Kiran Suri, Adv. Mr. K.N. Phanindra, Adv. Mr. Vijay Verma, Adv.Mr. F.S. Nariman, Sr.Adv. Mr. Sunil Dogra, Adv. M/s. Lawyers Knit and Co., Advs. Mr. Ashok H. Harnahalli, AG, Karnataka Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Adv. Ms. C.K. Sucharita, Adv. Mr. A.K. Sharma, Adv.Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Sr.Adv. Mr. Sanajy R. Hegde, Adv.Mr. Rajesh D.M., Adv. Mr. Rajesh S.U., Adv. Mr. Krutin R. Joshi, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Parag P. Tripathi, ASG. Mr. Anuj Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Sr.Adv. Mr.Jay Savla, Adv. Mr. D. Julius Raimei, Adv. Mr. Sumit Ghosh, Adv. Ms.Renuka Sahu, Adv.
ORDER :
The applications for impleadment/intervention filed by lessees/sub-lessees are taken on record.
2. The Central Empowered Committee in it's Report dated 15th April, 2011, [Report No.1] has recommended that mining operations in the cases of fifteen mining lease holders be suspended with immediate effect to which the response of the State of Karnataka is as follows:
"The recommendations made by CEC are acceptable to the State Government. In respect of certain recommendations, necessary steps have to be initiated. However, the State is committed to curb the menace of illegal mining and will take all necessary action in this behalf, including those steps which are recommended by CEC."
3. In view of the said response of the State Government, we direct, by an ad-interim order, that no mining operations and transportation in respect of mining leases given to following fifteen mining lease holders shall be carried out till further orders. The fifteen mining lease holders are as follows:
(1) Shri Ram Rao M. Poal(2) Adarsha Enterprises
(3) J.M. Vrushbhendraiah
(4) Sparkline Mining Corporation
(5) Shiva Vilas Trust
(6) J.M. Vrushbhendraiah
(7) Jai Santoshi Matha Mining Enterprises
(8) D. Ramesh
(9
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