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No government effort to check mining mafia in Rajasthan, says high court [1]

JAIPUR: A division bench of Rajasthan high court has observed that the mining mafia is at its peak in the state and there is no effort to check them. The court made this remark while hearing a PIL filed by a Bharatpur-based advocate.

The petitioner, Battu Singh, has moved the court alleging that four politically powerful persons have been doing illegal mining in forest area in Bayan tehsil of Bharatpur. The case is being heard by Chief Justice Arun Kumar Mishra and Justice N K Jain (senior).

Publication Date: 
24/05/2012
Times Of India (Jaipur) [2]
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Bharatpur (D) [3], Public Interest Litigation (PIL) [4], High Court [5], Forests [6], Stone [7], Environment [8], Illegal Trade [9], Mining [10], Rajasthan [11]
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