NEW DELHI, Sept. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on seven mining firms of Goa seeking extension of the time granted by it on January 30 to transport already legally extracted iron ore from the mining areas within six months.

Appearing for Chowgule and Company Private Limited, former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi said his firm could not remove the ore in the time period given by the court, first because of the Covid-induced lockdown and then the rains that are still continuing. He said this was also the case of other mining firms.

Other firms which had moved the miscellaneous applications for extension of the time period include V M Salgaocar and Brother Pvt Ltd, Agarwal Minerals (Goa) Private limited andMinesccape ...