Jharkhand High Court Dismisses PIL Against Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Illegal Mining Case

Jharkhand High Court Dismisses PIL Against Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Illegal Mining Case

VoM News Desk | December 27, 2023 | 03:40 PM IST | Breaking News, Courts & Law | Follow on Google News

Jharkhand High Court Dismisses PIL Against Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Illegal Mining Case

Jharkhand High Court Dismisses PIL Against Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Illegal Mining Case

The Jharkhand High Court has rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Sunil Kumar Mahato against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his relatives concerning an illegal mining case. The court’s decision deemed the PIL as a repetition of an earlier one filed by Shiv Shankar Sharma, stating that there were no new grounds presented in the recent petition.

The PIL, which named Hemant Soren as the seventh respondent, initially emerged from a plea submitted by Shiv Shankar Sharma, urging a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into Soren’s alleged misuse of his official position in securing a stone mining lease in his name. The controversy revolves around the allocation of a stone mine lease in the Angara block of Ranchi.

As the Minister of the Mines Department, Hemant Soren had reportedly obtained a mining lease for stone quarrying over 88 decimals of land in Angara block in Ranchi in 2021. Initially holding the mining lease, Soren reapplied for its extension upon its expiration. However, following public attention and scrutiny over the grant of the lease, he eventually relinquished the lease.

The court’s dismissal of the recent PIL, labeling it as repetitive, marks a continuation of the legal trajectory surrounding the alleged irregularities concerning the mining lease granted to Hemant Soren.

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