Police, revenue officials cannot keep it under their custody, says High Court judge

Neither police nor revenue officials can keep in their custody vehicles seized for alleged violations of the provisions of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 without obtaining necessary orders for confiscation from the Judicial Magistrates concerned the Madras High Court Bench here has ruled. Disposing of a batch of writ petitions filed by the owners of tipper lorries, trucks, tractors, trailers and earth movers that were reportedly used for illegal mining of sand and gravel in southern districts,