The Supreme Court on Friday allowed transportation of 75,050 metric tonnes of coal from Meghalaya for 15 days beginning May 17 but asked the state government to ensure that no other coal should be transported or mined. The court, however, imposed some criteria for transportation of the specified coal. It asked the state government to take “necessary precaution” that no other kind or category of coal is permitted to be transported or mined under the guise of the permission. It said only those who have transport challans, after the order of the court dated December 4, 2018, should be permitted to transport the 75,050MT coal as noted by Justice (retd) B.P. However, On January 15, 2019, the court directed that there would not be any transportation of coal lying at the sites.

Source: The Telegraph May 10, 2019 19:30 UTC