Prudeta
Prudeta
2026 INSC 679
📌 Paras 1-3
The petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of Explanations to Rule 38 of the Minerals Concession Rules, 2016, and Rule 45(8)(a) of the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2017. These Explanations mandate the inclusion of payments made towards Royalty, District Mineral Foundation (DMF), and National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) in the sale value for calculating the Average Sale Price (ASP). This inclusion was challenged as being ultra vires Article 14, Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution, and Section 9 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, on the grounds of creating a 'royalty on royalty' or cascading effect. A prior writ petition on the same issue was disposed of with a direction for the gover
The bench further analyzed the constitutional validity of the impugned provisions and discussed the interpretation of Articles 14 and 21 in light of recent precedents...
Citing the ratio in prior decisions, the court held that the legislative intent was to ensure...
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