FERROMET CONCENTRATES vs STATE GOA . — C.A. No. 188/2002

Case Summary: Ferromet Concentrates v. State of Goa The Supreme Court allowed Ferromet Concentrates' appeal and remanded the case to the High Court for fresh consideration. The High Court had dismissed the writ petition solely on grounds of delay, but the Supreme Court found this erroneous as the High Court had miscalculated the dates (assuming prospecting licence was granted in 1989 when it was actually 1992) and failed to address the challenge to the mining lease. The Court directed the High Court to decide the case on merits, permitting all parties to raise available contentions including delays, and granted liberty for early hearing. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.