Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1318 · Decided 14 December 2007
Government of Karnataka and ORS. v. SMT. Gowramma and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1318 · [2007] 13 S.C.R. 939
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2874/2001
- Decided
- 14 December 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
OF KARNATAKA AND ORS. A v. SMT. GOWRAMMA AND ORS. DECEMBER 14, 2007 [DR. ARI.HT PASA Y AT AND P. SATHASIVAM, .JJ.] B Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976: Application by owner of land for permission to cut trees-Conditional permission granted­ While granting transport permits, granted. Precedent: Reliance on a decision without looking into the factual background of the case before the Court-Held: Not proper-Decision D is precedent on its own facts-Observations of Courts are neither to be read as Euclid's theorems nor as provisions of the statute-These
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