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 matters arising out of the nine-judge bench decision are heard by smaller benches. His plea came in response to another counsel seeking urgent listing of more than 800 related appeals remitted to regular benches following the July ruling. "We have filed the curative petition after the dismissal of our review. Our submission is that each state deciding their own royalty will have national ramifications and will affect prices of minerals internationally too," submitted Mehta, emphasising the potential chaos if each mineral were priced differently across state boundaries. "We have to match prices of our minerals for the international market as well," he added, urging the court to hear the Centre's curative plea before other matters progress. CJI Kant acknowledged the concern and remarked that he was contemplating taking up nine-judge bench matters from January, but Mehta pressed that the royalty case required urgent consideration given its cascading economic implications. The CJI assured that he would examine the papers and "take a call"....