The Supreme Court today(December 10) requested the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court to constitute a dedicated bench to dispose of cases, where proceedings to recover dues from illegal mining, have been stayed. The Court said that the High Court should take an effort to dispose of these cases by March 3, 2026. If there is any difficulty in the final disposal of the cases, then the High Court should at least decide the State's applications to vacate the interim stay.

As per estimates, the recovery of about Rs 2700 crores from illegal mines is pending.

A bench comprising J ustice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG Masih was hearing a Miscellaneous Application concerning the non-recovery of dues from the illegal mining leaseholders pursuant to the Supreme Court's 2017 judgment , which h

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