K.T. VARGHESE . vs STATE OF KERALA . — C.A. No. 6456/2001

Case under Section XI-B. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010037312000

Filing Date

28-Feb-2000

Registration No

C.A. No. 6456/2001

Diary Number

3731/2000

Order Date

24-Jan-2008

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Allowed

Last updated 01-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section XI-B

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.K.T. VARGHESE .

    Adv. RAJIV MEHTA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF KERALA .

    Adv. G. PRAKASH

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 24-Jan-2008

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 24-Jan-2008

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 11-Dec-2007

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  5. 04-Dec-2007

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  6. 17-Sep-2001

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  7. 28-Feb-2000

    Case filed

    Registration No. C.A. No. 6456/2001

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: C.A. No. 006456/2001 K.T. Varghese v. State of Kerala (24 January 2008) The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and struck down restrictive conditions imposed on the appellants' limeshell dealer licenses. The conditions requiring minerals to be purchased only from authorized quarry holders and sold only within Kerala for domestic/agricultural purposes were held to be ultra vires (beyond statutory authority). The Court held that Section 15 of the Mines and Minerals Act, 1957 does not empower the State Government to regulate the sale of already-extracted minerals or control sale prices, only to regulate mining concessions. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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