Supreme Court rejects mining body's plea to sell iron, manganese ore

SC said sale and purchase of iron ore was conducted in outrageous manner and on unacceptable terms

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday rejected a request by the Federation of Indian Mining Industries (South) to sell iron ore and manganese ore in Karnataka without recourse to the e-auction conducted by the monitoring committee set up by the apex court. 

The court also rejected the support given to the federation by Vedanta Ltd. The court also declined to accept suggestions of the committee of the court and also the Karnataka government in this matter.

The court has passed several orders in the past five years following a mining lease scam in the state. Recalling them in Monday’s judgment,