RANCHI, India, Sept. 23 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Aug. 22:
1. The instant writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a direction upon the respondents to execute a supplementary lease deed and to extend the lease period till 2042, in view of the provisions contained in Section 8A of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, as amended in 2015.
Factual Matrix:
2. The brief facts of the case as per the pleading made in the writ petition, which are required to be enumerated, reads as under:-
A mining lease for China clay over 252.74 acres of land in various villages under Thana Ormanjhi, District Ranchi, was executed on 20.03.1986 between the Gover...