In Brief
A coal mining company challenged being listed among allottees of illegally allocated coal blocks following the Manohar Lal Sharma judgment. The Supreme Court held the company was not allocated through the flawed administrative routes examined in that case. Instead, it had followed proper statutory procedure under the MMDR Act, applying directly to the State Government which independently evaluated and recommended its case to the Centre. The Court quashed the demand for additional compensatory levy, finding the company did not benefit from the illegal allocation process. The Court also remarked on the Union's failure to undertake due diligence before including the company in the list of wrongdoers.
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