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1 - 10 of 21 (0.25 seconds)Section 14 in The Mines And Minerals (Development And Regulation) Act, 1957 [Entire Act]
Section 18 in The Mines And Minerals (Development And Regulation) Act, 1957 [Entire Act]
The Industries (Development And Regulation) Act, 1951
Section 5 in The Mines And Minerals (Development And Regulation) Act, 1957 [Entire Act]
Section 29 in The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 [Entire Act]
Coal India Ltd vs Competition Commission Of India on 15 June, 2023
In support of their contention that AMCC was imposed to sub-serve common
good, the Respondent No. 1 & 2 have relied on the judgment of the Hon'ble
Supreme Court of India in Coal India Ltd and Anr. Vs Competition
Commission of India and Anr 2023 10 SCC 345 ('CCI' in short) and
attention was adverted to the following paragraph as under:
Assam Sillimanite Ltd. And Another vs Union Of India And Others on 10 December, 1991
18. Another judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court which has been
referred to by the Respondent No. 1 & 2 is Assam Sillimanite Ltd. Vs Union
of India, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 692 in which the Hon'ble Supreme Court
examined the constitutional validity of the Industries (Development and
Regulation) Act which enabled acquisition and transfer of the right, title and
interest of the Assam Sillimanite Ltd. in respect of its refractory plant. The
Hon'ble Supreme Court had upheld the validity of Industries (Development
and Regulation) Act by holding that there is a direct and rational nexus
between the objective of the enactment and the principles contained in Article
39 of the Constitution. The present is, however, not a case where the
constitutional validity of IBC has been put on the test and hence this case law
also does not come to the rescue of the Respondent No.1&2.
Reliance Natural Resources Ltd vs Reliance Industries Ltd on 7 May, 2010
19. Yet another judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court which has been
relied upon by Respondent No. 1 & 2 is Reliance Natural Resources Ltd. Vs
Reliance Industries Ltd. (2010) 7 SCC 1 wherein the Hon'ble Supreme Court
held that the public trust doctrine "is part of Indian law" and that it "is thus
the duty of the Government to provide complete protection to the natural
resources as a trustee of the people at large." This ratio also does not render
any assistance to Respondent No. 1 & 2 since the Appellant has nowhere
questioned the purpose and objective of AMCC or denied the obligation cast
on the Corporate Debtor to take necessary measures for fulfilling mine-closure
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responsibilities. This is also clearly evidenced by the fact that AMCC has been
made part of CIRP costs during the CIRP period to make the Corporate Debtor
fulfil these obligations while running as a going concern.
Municipal Corporation Of Greater ... vs Abhilash Lal on 15 November, 2019
25. This brings us to the second tier of defence raised by the Respondent
No. 1 & 2. The argument canvassed is that CCO acquired powers to operate
the Escrow Account to perform duties relating to monitoring of mine-closure
activities from Rule 10A of the Colliery Control Rules, 2004 and Section 18
and 20 of MMDR Act. It has been contended that MMDR Act is a special law
having been enacted for a specific purpose, IBC cannot claim to have
overriding effect over public duty which is cast upon the CCO by MMDR Act.
Respondent No. 1 & 2 have relied on the judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme
Court in the matter of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai Vs
Abhilash Lal (2020) 13 SCC 234 wherein it was held that Section 238 of IBC
cannot override the public duty and rights of a third party in controlling and
regulating its own properties. In that case, the resolution plan was becoming
an impediment to Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai's independent
plans to ensure that public health amenities are developed in the manner it
chooses. The present facts of the case are clearly distinguishable since the
dispute is not on how the AMCC is to be used but whether the Respondent
No. 1 & 2 can recover the pre-CIRP AMCC dues in respect of a Corporate
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Debtor which has been admitted into the rigours of insolvency resolution
under IBC. This case law is therefore not applicable in the facts of the present
matter.