Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 600 · Decided 5 July 2023
Hari Prakash Shukla & ORS. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 600 · [2023] 10 S.C.R. 1001
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9697/2014
- Decided
- 5 July 2023
- Bench
- KRISHNA MURARI, AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Forest Act, 1927: s. 4 - Declaration of reserved forest - Forest inhabitants - Right to be heard by Forest Officer - On facts, land in possession of the appellants-bhoomidars, declared as reserved forest - Initiation of eviction drive against the appellants - the appellant had a rightful claim over the said land - Writ petition by the Forest Department - Allowed by the High Court and directed eviction of the appellants - Review petition there against also dismissed - On appeal, held: Right of forest inhabitants to be heard on
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