Partly allowed
Hanumanthappa v. Govt.of Karnataka
Karnataka HCWP/674/2019
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The Court upheld the constitutional validity of Rule 8-B of the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1994, which declared all pending quarry lease applications filed before August 12, 2016, ineligible to introduce an auction regime. The Court held that pending applications could only be considered if they fell under specific exceptions in Rule 8-B(2). Applications were directed for reconsider
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions disposed of with directions to reconsider pending applications based on exceptions in Rule 8-B(2); rejections withdrawn for such reconsideration.