LAWS(SC)-2026-7-21

STATE OF HARYANA Vs. M/S FARIDABAD GURGAON MINERALS

Decided On July 13, 2026
STATE OF HARYANA Appellant
V/S
M/S Faridabad Gurgaon Minerals Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Delay condoned.

(2.) Leave granted.

(3.) These two appeals task us to interpret relevant clauses of a mining lease deed, read with the applicable statutory provisions and the rules framed thereunder in the context of the power of the lessor (appellant - State [State]) to increase the rate of royalty and dead rent during the subsistence of the lease. Notably, the lease deeds executed by and between the State and the lessees - respondents contain no express provision permitting such increase.