Will hear experts, govt instead of mining firms on mineral resources, says Supreme Court
3 Oct 2013 5:21 AM IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would consider the submissions of experts and the government, instead of a mining firm, on the principle of inter-generational equity for exploiting minerals in such a way that they remain for future generations as well. ‘We will not hear you (Sesa Goa, a Vedanta group firm involved in iron ore extraction and export) on this…Business lobbies are influencing the policies and even the judiciary,’ a forest bench comprising justices AK Patnaik, SS Nijjar and FM Ibrahim Kalifulla said.
NGO Goa Foundation, which had filed the PIL on the alleged illegal iron ore extraction in Goa, had also taken the plea that there should be a cap on maximum limit of mining as the minerals needed to be preserved for future generations also in pursuance of principle of intergenerational equity. The court told senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, counsel for Sesa Goa, that there is separate chapter in Political Science on pressure groups and lobbyists and it would consider the findings and submissions of the experts and government bodies on the principle of intergenerational equity. During the day-long hearing, Sesa Goa, the largest producer and exporter of iron ore in the country, said the court should allow the export of mined iron ore which are lying as wastes at various mines in Goa.
NGO Goa Foundation, which had filed the PIL on the alleged illegal iron ore extraction in Goa, had also taken the plea that there should be a cap on maximum limit of mining as the minerals needed to be preserved for future generations also in pursuance of principle of intergenerational equity. The court told senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, counsel for Sesa Goa, that there is separate chapter in Political Science on pressure groups and lobbyists and it would consider the findings and submissions of the experts and government bodies on the principle of intergenerational equity. During the day-long hearing, Sesa Goa, the largest producer and exporter of iron ore in the country, said the court should allow the export of mined iron ore which are lying as wastes at various mines in Goa.
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