Case Law Analysis
|Karnataka High Court
Rule 8A KMMC Amendment Rules 2016 | Deemed 20-Year Quarry Lease Extension Not Retroactive: Karnataka HC
Karnataka High Court rules that Rule 8A of the KMMC Amendment Rules, 2016, which grants a 20-year lease extension, does not apply retroactively to leases expired before its effective date. The court upholds the validity of a one-year extension under the repealed Rule 21(2A) but prohibits quarrying on recorded forest land, impacting leaseholders and state mineral concession policies.