The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition by ArcelorMittal India seeking grant of mining lease in Jharkhand’s Saranda forest division.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna found no merit in ArcelorMittal’s petition, saying the approval granted by the Centre to the company in 2007 and 2008 was conditional and no mining lease could be executed in its favour in the absence of the pre-conditions being met.
