The Meghalaya High Court has granted 45 days time for the shifting of mined-coal assessed and lying at a dump to a storage site from where it is to be transported.
The Single Member Committee constituted by the Meghalaya High Court has recommended that auction of reassessed/re-verified inventoried coal be completed by March 31.
In a major relief for Meghalaya government relating to compensation for custodial deaths, the Supreme Court has stayed a Meghalaya High Court verdict that ordered the State government to pay compensation of up to ₹10-15 lakhs for custodial deaths.
