Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 68 · Decided 30 January 2014
Godrej & Boyce MFG. CO. LTD. & ANR. v. The State of Maharashtra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 68 · [2014] 2 S.C.R. 203
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1102/2014
- Decided
- 30 January 2014
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, MADAN B. LOKUR, KURIAN JOSEPH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
FOREST ACT, 1927: s.35(3) - Mere issuance of a notice uls.35(3) is not sufficient for any/and being .,declared a "private forest" within the meaning of that expression as defined in s.2(f)(iii) of the Maharashtra Private Forests (Acquisition) Act, 1975 - s.35(3) A B c is the process with the mere issuance of 0 a notice but it also requires service of a notice on the owner of the forest - The need for ensuring service is also to prevent damage to or destruction of a forest - In the absence of any fime period having been specified for deciding a show cause notice
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