The justice M.B.Shah who heads the Shah Commission that inquiring into the illegal mining case will visit Odisha on 22nd of February,
which is considered as the final visit before submission of the report. Earlier the miners and the state government
have requested the commission to provide one more chance to put forth their
stances.
A couple of weeks back the Eastern
Zone Mining Association (EZMA) had complained that miners from Odisha have not
been given a fair chance to present their case by the Shah Commission.
This will be the second visit of Justice Shah to
the state. He had led a probe team to the state in December, 2011 and visited
several mines in Joda circle. His visit was followed by two trips by his team
members led by UV Singh,
additional PCCF, and Karnataka in October and November, last year.
Both the Odisha government and the miners had requested the
commission to provide them one last chance to present their sides. Accordingly
as per the permission of the commission the Eastern Zone Miner’s Association
(EZMA) had presented its side through
well known lawer Ramjethmalani, senior Supreme Court Advocate Abhishek
Manu Singhvi and Odisha High Court Lawyer Ashok Parida at the commission’s
office at Ahmedabad in December. On the
other hand the state government had also applied through Advocate General Ashok
Mohanty and senior SC lawyers U.U.Lalit, Shibashish Misha and Subhransu Padhi.
Reported by Tapan Moharana
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