The review petition filed by FIMI (Federation of Indian Minerals and Industries) on 50:50 rule in Odisha has been extended to 1st week of August, 2014.
On 02 Apr, 2014 the Odisha High Court, which had upheld the state government‘s directive of 05 Dec, 2012 to allot at least 50% Iron ore to steel industries having no captive mines, had called for a mechanism to ensure this within 3 months. Later, FIMI (a representative body of miners) had filed a review petition in the High Court in mid-April. The petition filed was supposed to be heard on 07 Jul, 2014 in presence of two judge bench.
Mr. R K Sharma, Secretary-General at FIMI, earlier stated to SteelMint, “Depending on what the High Court decides on 07 Jul, 2014 for the review petition filed, we will take a further step whether to challenge HC order or state government’s mechanism in the Supreme Court.
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