HC tells state to refund fee taken from mining cos
Thursday, October 5th, 2017Bengaluru: The high court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the state government to refund the forest development ‘fee’ collected from mining companies. The direction comes as an embarrassing setback to the government. K N Srinivasa, one of the advocates appearing for two mining companies, said the state government may have to refund around Rs 5,000 […]