Gross abuse: A Greenpeace activist dressed as a coal miner holding a poster against the coal scam near Parliament in New Delhi. — AFP
The latest apex court dicta on how natural resources can be alienated may make it difficult for ministers to perpetrate other scams.
THEY say every crisis throws up an opportunity. Well, from the latest apex court dicta, a lot of good is bound to flow since it specifically bars governments any discretion in the allocation of natural resources like land, mines and spectrum to private parties for commercial exploitation.
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