Policy to curb illegal mining soon, Gujarat tells court
October 18th, 2010 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Oct 18 (IANS) A policy aimed at curbing illegal mining in Gujarat is being formulated, the Narendra Modi government told the Gujarat High Court Monday.
The state government said this in an affidavit filed before a division bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi.
The government was responding to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by right to information (RTI) activist Amit Jethwa who was allegedly murdered in July this year.
In his PIL, Jethwa alleged that Dinu Solanki, a Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MP, and his relatives were behind illegal mining around the lion sanctuary of Sasan Gir.
The court Monday gave the state government three weeks’ time to come out with a policy to curb illegal mining and posted the hearing in Nov.
The court Aug 24 permitted Jethwa’s brother, Bhavin, and uncle, Vijay Rathod, to join the case after the death of the RTI activist.
Those arrested in connection with the murder of Jethwa outside the high court in Ahmedabad include police Constable Bahadursinh Vadher, Solanki’s nephew Shiva alias Pratap Solanki and three others.
- BJP MP's nephew arrested in RTI activist murder case - Sep 07, 2010
- BJP MP's nephew arrested for role in Amit Jethwa murder case - Sep 07, 2010
- Gujarat court accepts plea for CBI probe in activist's murder - Apr 07, 2011
- Accused BJP MP goes underground in Right to Information activist murder case - Jul 22, 2010
- Slain Gujarat activist's kin join illegal mining case - Aug 23, 2010
- Slain RTI activist's father wants action against MP - Aug 01, 2011
- Constable held for Gujarat RTI activist's killing - Aug 17, 2010
- BJP MP killed my son: RTI activist's father - Jul 21, 2010
- Gujarat acts to curb illegal mining after court's intervention - Jan 21, 2011
- MP's nephew in remand for RTI activist's murder - Sep 08, 2010
- RTI activist Amit Jethwa shot dead in Gujarat - Jul 21, 2010
- Gujarat govt. criticised for shielding tainted legislator Solanki - Jul 22, 2010
- Gujarat questioned on delay in Lokayukta's appointment - Aug 19, 2011
- Rally in Delhi to protest killing of RTI activist - Jul 23, 2010
- RTI activist's killing sets off row in Rajya Sabha - Feb 24, 2011
Tags: affidavit, akil, alias, bhavin, bjp, chief justice, dinu, division bench, gandhinagar, gujarat high court, lion sanctuary, narendra modi, nephew, police constable, pratap, public interest litigation, relatives, sasan gir, state government, vijay