The Orissa High Court has stopped operations by those mines that are operating on deemed renewal. The court has directed not to operate mines on deemed renewal without its permission.
A division Bench comprising chief justice V Gopal Gowda and justice BN Mohapatra, while admitting a PIL, has directed not to operate mines on deemed renewal without its permission till the disposal of the case.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/orissa-hc-no-mining-ops-deemed-renewal
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-interest-litigation-pil
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mineral-rules-1960
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mineral-based-indsutry
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/corporate-legal-accountability