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M/S Lithoferro a Partnership Firm Rep. Herein by Its Partners v. State of Goa through Its Chief Secretary and Anr.
Bombay HCWP/210/2014
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Writ petitions by mining lessees in Goa seeking execution of second renewal lease deeds or decisions on their renewal applications. The court held the Supreme Court's 2014 judgment is no impediment to renewal under Section 8(3), applied promissory estoppel, and directed the State to execute lease deeds for lessees who paid stamp duty and to decide the rest within three months.
What did the court decide?
State directed to execute lease deeds under Section 8(3) MMDR Act for leaseholders who paid stamp duty; other renewal applications to be decided within three months.