Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 770 · Decided 17 October 2011
PRINCL. Chief Conservator of Forest & ANR. v. J.K. Johnson & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 770 · [2011] 12 S.C.R. 1144
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2534/2011
- Decided
- 17 October 2011
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Wild Life Protection Act Section 54(1)
Headnote
WILD LIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972: c Object of its enactment - Discussed. s.54(1) - Power of specified officer to order forfeiture of seized items - Held: A specified officer empowered u/s.54(1) of the Act as amended by the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002 (Act 16 of 2003) has no power, competence or authority to order forfeiture of the seized items on composition of the offence by a person who is suspected to have committed offence against the Act - Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002 E F (Act 16 of 2003). s.39(1)(d) - Applicability of- Held: Is
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