Goa mining: SC reserves order on cap on iron ore extraction

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on putting the annual cap on volume of iron ore to be extracted in Goa which has been banned in the state for neary one and half years. The apex court said it will pass the order in a ‘few days’ and the cap will be subject to the final report of the expert panel. ‘Whatever (cap on mining) we decide in the judgement will be subject to the final report of the panel,’ a bench comprising justices AK Patnaik, SS Nijjar and FMI Kalifulla said