Supreme Court - Daily Orders
State Of Karnataka And Anr. Etc. Etc vs National Mineral Development ... on 11 March, 2026
Author: J.K. Maheshwari
Bench: J.K. Maheshwari
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ITEM NO.102 COURT NO.3 SECTION XII-B
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Civil Appeal No(s). 3974-4068/2016
STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANR. ETC. ETC. Appellant(s)
VERSUS
NATIONAL MINERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. ETC.
ETC.Respondent(s)
[ HIGHER ON BOARD ]
IA No. 46780/2022 - APPLICATION FOR TAKING ON RECORD
WITH
SLP(C) No. 15030-15050/2016 (IV-C)
(FOR [PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES] ON IA 22/2016)
C.A. No. 4823-4840/2016 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 4102/2016 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 4069/2016 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 4929/2016 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 6099/2016 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 7337-7338/2016 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 8824/2016 (XII-B)
(FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA
3/2016 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 4/2016 IA No. 3/2016 -
EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 4/2016 -
EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)
SLP(C) No. 25043/2016 (IV-C)
(FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 3/2016
IA No. 3/2016 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
SLP(C) No. 25041/2016 (IV-C)
(FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 3/2016)
Signature Not Verified
SLP(C) No. 25046/2016 (IV-C)
Digitally signed by
Gulshan Kumar Arora
Date: 2026.03.24
10:02:48 IST
Reason:
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(FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. ON IA 3/2016 FOR ON IA 4/2016)
C.A. No. 7039/2016 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 7041/2016 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 7043/2016 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 7044/2016 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 9312/2016 (XII-B)
W.P.(C) No. 708/2016 (X)
(IA No. 3/2017 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 2/2016 -
PERMISSION TO FILE ANNEXURES IA No. 1/2016 - STAY APPLICATION)
C.A. No. 3214-3271/2018 (XII-B)
(IA No. 46777/2022 - APPLICATION FOR TAKING ON RECORD)
C.A. No. 7392/2018 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 7393/2018 (XII-B)
C.A. No. 8510/2018 (XII-B)
SLP(C) No. 4559/2022 (IV-C)
(IA No. 37004/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED
JUDGMENT)
Date : 11-03-2026 These matters were called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR
For Appellant(s) : Mr. Sunil Gupta, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vivek Vishnoi, Adv.
Mr. Rishikesh Madhav, Adv.
Mr. Mohammed Abdul Saleem, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Sharma, AOR
Mr. Prateek Chadha, A.A.G.
Ms. Patil Rekha Chandra Gouda, AOR
Mr. Jadhav Vishal, Adv.
Mr. Sreekar Aechuri, Adv.
Ms. Surbhi Soni, Adv.
Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR
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Mr. S.K. Bagaria, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Prateek K Chadha, A.A.G.
Mr. Naveen Sharma, AOR
Mrs. Swati Bhushan Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S.K. Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sreekar Aechuri, Adv.
Mr. Aniket Chauhaan, Adv.
Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR
Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR
Mr. D L N Rao, Sr. Adv.
Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR
Mr. Anirudh Anand, Adv.
Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Singh Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv.
Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Abhinabh Garg, Adv.
Mr. Zubin Dash, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Saraswat, Adv.
Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv.
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Ms. Supreeta Sharanagouda, AOR
Mr. Sudhanshu Chaudhary, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sharanagouda Patil, Adv.
Mrs. Supreeta Sharanagouda (aor), Adv.
Ms. Pranjal Chapagankar, Adv.
Mr. Yash S Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Kotresh, Adv.
Mr. K. Raghavacharyulu, Adv.
Mr. Kailash Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Ranjeet Singh, AOR
Mr. D. L. Chidananda, AOR
For Respondent(s) :Ms. Adviteeya, Adv.
Mr. Rakesh K. Sharma, AOR
Mr. H. D. Thanvi, Adv.
Mr. Nikhil Kumar Singh, Adv.
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Mr. Rishi Matoliya, AOR
Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, AOR
Ms. Mehraj Hakim Ali, Adv.
Mr. Umang Tripathi, Adv.
Mr. R. Chandrachud, AOR
Mr. Dhuli Venkata Krishna, Adv.
Mr. Aryan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sunil Gupta, Sr. Adv.
Mr. vivek Vishnoi, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Sharma, AOR
Mr. rishikesh Madhav, Adv.
Mr. Mohammed Abdul Saleem, Adv.
M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR
Mr. Sumit Goel, Adv.
Ms. Swati Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Thakral, Adv.
Ms. Apurba Pattanayak, Adv.
Mrs. Anjani Aiyagari, AOR
Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, AOR
Mr. Sanchit Garga, AOR
Mr. Kunal Rana, Adv.
Mr. Shashwat Jaiswal, Adv.
Ms. Diksha Arora, Adv.
Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv.
Ms. Aarohi Garg, Adv.
Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.
Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Annirudh Sharma Ii, Adv.
Ms. Shreya Jain, Adv.
Mr. Nithin Paviluri, Adv.
Ms. Aastha Gill, Adv.
Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR
Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR
Mr. Krishna Rastogi, Adv.
Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Priyesh Mohan Srivastava, Adv.
Ms. Arushi Chopra, Adv.
Mr. R. Venkataramani, AGI
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Mr. K. Raghavacharyulu, Adv.
Mr. Kailash Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Ranjeet Singh, AOR
Ms. Yamika Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain, AOR
Mr. Mayank Jain, Adv.
Mr. Madhur Jain, Adv.
Ms. Aakrti Dhawan, Adv.
M/S. Lawyer S Knit & Co, AOR
Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR
Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv.
Ms. Akanksha Rai, Adv.
Ms. Gurneet Kaur, Adv.
Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR
Mr. Narveer Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Siddhartha Sati, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, A.A.G.
Mr. Sarthak Raizada Ga, Adv.
Mr. Harmeet Singh Ruprah, AOR
Ms. Ila Sheel, Adv.
Ms. Kiran Suri, Sr. Adv.
Mr. S.J. Amith, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv.
Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR
Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR
Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR
Mr. Kailash Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Ranjeet Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, AOR
Mr. Mv Mukunda, Adv.
Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR
Mr. Sunil Kumar Sethi, Adv.
Mr. Amit Balasaheb Thorat, Adv.
Mr. B. Veeraswamy Raju, Adv.
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Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Anand Varma, AOR
Mr. Ayush Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Aman Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Sharanagouda Patil, Adv.
Mrs. Supreeta Sharanagouda, Adv.
Mrs. Supreeta Sharanagouda (aor), Adv.
Mr. Yash S Tiwari, Adv.
Mr. Kotresh, Adv.
Mr. Danish Zubair Khan, AOR
Mr. George Pothan Poothicote, Adv.
Ms. Manisha Singh, Adv.
Ms. Ojeswita Singh, Adv.
Ms. Swati Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Kanav Khatana, Adv.
Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Naman Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.
Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv.
Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv.
Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, Adv.
Mr. Abhinabh Garg, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Saraswat, Adv.
Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv.
Mr. Zubin Dash, Adv.
Mr. Gokula Krishnan, Adv.
Ms. Ishani Shekhar, Adv.
Mr. Himanshu Sarashwat, Adv.
Mr. Amritesh Mohanty, Adv.
Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. Ravindra Srivastava, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Manish Kumar Choudhary, Adv.
Ms. Srishti Choudhary, Adv.
Ms. Shefali Choudhary, Adv.
Ms. Namita Choudhary, AOR
Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR
Mr. P. Chidambaram, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Anantha Narayana M.g., AOR
Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv.
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Mr. Vikram Hegde, AOR
Mr. Abhinav Hansaraman, Adv.
Mr. DLN Rao, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Anand, Adv.
Mr. Debdeep Banerjee, Adv.
M/s Lex Regis Law Offices, AOR
Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR
Mr. D L N Rao, Sr. Adv.
Mr. M. Gireesh Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR
Mr. Anirudh Anand, Adv.
Ms. Uditha Chakravarthy, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Singh Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Vijay Kumar Jain, Adv.
Mr. Narendra Pal Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. akhileshwar Jha, Adv.
Mr. Anupam Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR
Mr. Kumar Dushyant Singh, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. After arguing for some time by both sides, we think it appropriate that looking to the stands as taken in the previous judgments as well as the subsequent judgment in the case of Mineral Area Development Authority & Anr. vs. M/S Steel Authority of India & Anr Etc.1, the State Government must file an affidavit indicating their firm stand with respect to nature of levy and on the basis of the said stand classify the issue for determination on which they want to proceed with the matter. As prayed, Shri S.K. Bhagharia, two weeks time is allowed. The affidavit must be of an officer not 1 (2024) 10 SCC 1 8 below the rank of Secretary of the Department
2. On filing such affidavit, the respondents are at liberty to respond within one week.
3. List on 15.04.2026 to be taken up on priority.
(GULSHAN KUMAR ARORA) (NAND KISHOR) DEPUTY REGISTRAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR