Bhumi Adhigrahan Visthapan Avam Punarvas Kisan Samiti through Its President Gaurav Singh v. the State of Jharkhand Represented through the Chief Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi; W.P.(PIL) No. 795 of 2022; decided 14.07.2025; petitioner: Bhumi Adhigrahan Visthapan Avam Punarvas Kisan Samiti (President Gaurav Singh), Belwa Tikar, Daltonganj, Palamau; respondents: State of Jharkhand and its Chief Secretary; subject: withdrawal of PIL with liberty to separately challenge the State Government's grant of mining concession only to Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Limited; PIL closed; bench: Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Rajesh Shankar; counsel: Vinay Kr. Tiwary and Ranjit Kr. Tiwary (petitioner), Piyush Chitresh, A.C. to A.G. (respondents).
What did the court decide?
Withdrawal of the Public Interest Litigation permitted with liberty to file a separate petition assailing the State Government's action of granting mining concession only to the Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Limited.