M/S Drn Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Karnataka
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RP No. 80 of 2023, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 13.02.2026; coram: Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty; oral order per S. Vishwajith Shetty J. M/s DRN Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (formerly M/s DRN Infrastructure Engineers and Contractors) sought review of the common order dated 24.08.2022 dismissing W.P.No.2188/2017 c/w W.P.No.2189/2017, which had upheld demands of four times royalty (`2,87,72,000/-, order dated 23.06.2016) and five times royalty (`7,73,56,724/-, order dated 24.11.2016) raised by the Senior Geologist, Department of Mines and Geology, Haveri, invoking Clause 4 of Part-V of a quarry lease dated 19.07.2013 for ordinary building stone over Sy. No.106/A-1 (10 acres). Search hooks: review petition scope; Order XLVII Rule 1 CPC; Section 114 CPC; error apparent on the face of the record; appeal in disguise; reagitation barred; Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1994 (Rule 44, Rule 6(3)); quarry lease royalty penalty; SLP(C) Nos.20197-20198/2022 dismissed as withdrawn with liberty. Precedents relied on: Parison Devi (1997) 8 SCC 715; Meera Bhanja AIR 1995 SC 455; S. Madhusudhan Reddy 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1034; Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (2024) 2 SCC 362; B. Dhanalakshmi AIR 2004 Mad 512. Result: review petition dismissed; no relief.