Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 55 · Decided 20 February 1991
Bhavani Tea and Produce CO. LTD. v. State of Kerala and ORS. and Vice Versa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 55 · [1991] 1 S.C.R. 550
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 826/1991
- Decided
- 20 February 1991
- Bench
- K.N. SAIKIA, M. FATHIMA BEEVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Land Reforms: Kerala Private Forests (Vesting & Assignment) Act, 1971 (Act 26 of 1971): Sections 2(f), 3, 8-Private forests­ Company engaged mainly in plantations of tea, coffee, cardamom, rubber etc.-Certain areas/plots not under plantation-Plantation abandoned-Whether this to be deemed Forests Act-Kerala Reforms Act, 1963. Sections. 2(/), 3, 8-Private forests-Areas on the periphery of the Com,pany·s estate admittedly virgin-The same held vested in the ' State-Whether the provisions of the Vesting Act have been applied correctly to the facts. as found by Courts
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