New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- The Union government on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to urgently take up its curative petition seeking reconsideration of the court's landmark July 2024 judgment that vested states with the power to levy taxes on minerals and mineral-bearing lands, in addition to the royalty collected by the Centre. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta warned that the verdict, affirmed in review by an 8-1 majority, would trigger "national ramifications" for mineral pricing and adversely impact India's competitiveness in the international market if allowed to stand without clarity. Appearing before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant during a mentioning, Mehta requested priority listing of the curative petition before hundreds of individual...