ED summons former Kerala CM's daughter again in CMRL money laundering caseThe Enforcement Directorate has summoned Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter, Veena T, for a second round of questioning on June 29 regarding a mon...
21 Jun, 2026, 11.58 AM IST
Court allows ED access to SFIO documents in CMRL-Exalogic money laundering caseA court has granted the Enforcement Directorate access to documents from the Serious Fraud Investigation Office. These documents are crucia...
08 Jun, 2026, 06.56 PM IST
SC to look into Centre's mineral tax pleaThe Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider the Centre's petition seeking an expedited review of a prior decision that upheld state powers t...
28 Nov, 2025, 12.59 AM IST
35-years, a typo, Rs 2 lakh cr liabilities: How a string of court judgements hit India’s mining sectorThe 35-year-long India Cement vs. State of Tamil Nadu case highlights how judicial inefficiencies can significantly impact the mining secto...
14 Dec, 2024, 12.51 PM IST
SC dismisses plea against order allowing states to levy tax on mineralsThe Supreme Court dismisses review petitions challenging its ruling that states can levy taxes on mineral-bearing lands. The Centre argues ...
04 Oct, 2024, 10.00 PM IST
Centre seeks review of SC's mineral royalty judgment, points out 'apparent errors'The Centre is seeking a review of the Supreme Court's decision allowing states to collect royalty and tax on mineral-bearing land. The ruli...
12 Sep, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
Mining tax case: Odisha to get a Rs 1 lakh crore bounty from SC ruling. What about others?Odisha stands to reclaim over Rs 1 lakh crore following the Supreme Court's approval of retrospective tax collection on mineral-bearing lan...
16 Aug, 2024, 01.44 PM IST
Mining royalty case in SC: Centre says PSUs' burden would top Rs 70,000 cr if ruling made effective retrospectivelyThe Central government opposed states' plea in the Supreme Court for a refund of royalty levied on mines since 1989, arguing it would burde...
31 Jul, 2024, 11.54 AM IST
Landmark Supreme Court ruling changes taxation rules for mining operatorsThe Supreme Court ruled that states can tax mineral rights under the Mines and Minerals Act 1957. In an 8:1 ruling, they deemed royalty as ...
25 Jul, 2024, 08.04 PM IST
Mining operators case: SC through majority opinion holds that royalty is not in the nature of taxA nine-judge Supreme Court bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, has clarified that royalty is not considered a tax. This statement w...
25 Jul, 2024, 11.42 AM IST
SC reserves verdict on whether royalty on minerals is taxThe Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the taxation of minerals royalty under the Mines and Minerals Act, addressing the conflicting vie...
14 Mar, 2024, 05.51 PM IST
Constitution doesn't give Parliament entire universe on mines and mineral development: SCEntry 54 of List 1 of the 7th Schedule (union list) talks about "Regulation of mines and mineral development to the extent to which such re...
06 Mar, 2024, 10.48 PM IST
Uniformity in GST rates necessary for sustained growth of mining sector: FIMIThe mining industry faces acute financial difficulty in utilisation of the input tax credit availed by the owners on their purchases of inp...
18 Sep, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
Mineral mining rights liable to GST: AARThe ruling was given on an application filed by Pioneer Partners, engaged in mining of boulders and extraction of minerals, which had secur...
25 Sep, 2018, 11.12 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear Karnataka mining industry plea on abolition of SPV tax on July 11The Supreme Court will on July 11 hear a case on imposition of duplicate taxes by the Karnataka government on iron ore mining industry.
07 Jul, 2016, 01.42 PM IST
- Budget 2012: Tax at source on minerals, to discourage middlemen
Budget 2012 sought to reduce unregulated trading of crucial minerals including iron ore, by bringing such transactions directly under the t...
16 Mar, 2012, 05.54 PM IST
- Mining gets some service tax relief
The govt has decided that the industry will not be liable to pay tax on services related to activities such as coal cutting or mineral extr...
19 Nov, 2007, 06.21 AM IST