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(per IIonrble Sri Just,ice R.Ra,ghun.andan Rao)
Hea,r’d Sri Ha,pi Speedhap, lea,r`ned counsel a,ppeaI`ing fOI` the
petitioners, learned Advoca,te GeneraJl appearing fop the State a,nd
leaJPned a.P. for Mines a,nd Geolog’y a,ppearing for the ot,.her respondents.
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HCJ & RRR,J
®`/ W.P.No.19459 of 2O22 & batch
2. The exploita,Lion of mineral resources, in India, including
development and pegula,lion of mines and minerals, is regulated by the
Mines and Minera,1s (Development and Regula,Lion) Act, i 957 (fop short
‘the l957 Act’). Fop the puI`POSe Of this Act, mineraJls ha,ve been
segregated into minerals, notified minerals and minor minera,ls. MinoI’
minerals have been defined under Section 5(e) in the following manner.