Govt defends renewal of mining leases in apex court
Countering the contentions of the Goa Foundation, the State government on Tuesday pleaded before the Supreme Court that its the renewal of mining leases after the lifting of the Supreme Court were valid.
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The Goa Foundation's petition challenging the judgement and order passed by the High Court of Bombay at Goa as well as the renewal orders issued by the State government commenced before the supreme court on November 2 and continued on Tuesday. The counsel appearing on behalf of the primary petitioner, Goa Foundation, completed his arguments on November 2 and Additional Solicitor General Atmaram Nadkarni, appearing on behalf of State of Goa, started his arguments and continued them on Tuesday. Nadkarni sought to tell the court that the earlier judgement in fact directs the State government to grant leases in terms of the policy. The contention of the petitioner that leases have to be necessarily auctioned was assailed before the apex court. The arguments on behalf of the State government will continue on Wednesday.
The Shivpremi Association and other concerned persons have condemned the decision of the authorities to declare the Hathwada junction near Shivaji statue as hyper sensitive area and impose Section 144 in the area.
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Published Nov 8, 2017, 4:36 AM IST
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the goan I networkVALPOIExpressing concern over declaring the junction as hyper sensitive area, the locals said there wasn't a single incident in the area since February after installation of the Shivaji statue in the area. It may be recalled that on February 17, the Shivjayanti Utsav committee had installed the Shivaji statue at Hathwada junction, but tense situation prevailed after a group of people tore a Shivjayanti Utsav committee banner. As the police failed to take…
