Section 4
Validation of certain transfers.
The Coal India (Regulation of Transfers and Validation) Act, 2000
About this Act
An Act to empower the Central Government to direct the transfer of the land, or of the rights in or over land or of the right, title and interest in relation to a coal mine, coking coal mine or coke oven plant, vested in the Coal India Limited or in a subsidiary company to any subsidiary company of Coal India Limited or any other subsidiary company and to validate certain transfers of such land or rights.
A subsidiary company which was operating, or was in control
of, any coal mine, coking coal mine, or coke oven plant which was vested in the Coal India or any other
subsidiary company immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been
vested with the land or rights in or over such land or the right, title and interest in relation to such coal
mine, coking coal mine or coke oven plant and such vesting shall be deemed to have been valid and
effective at all material times as if a direction had been made by the Central Government under
sub-section (1) of section 3 and accordingly no suit or other proceeding shall be instituted, maintained or
continued in any court on the ground that such subsidiary company was not competent to operate or
control such coal mine, coking coal mine or coke oven plant.