Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 638 · Decided 4 November 2004
State of Kerala and ANR. v. M/S. Popular Estates and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 638 · [2004] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 943
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7111/1999
- Decided
- 4 November 2004
- Bench
- SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
B Kera/a Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, J97J-Section 3-Private forest-Vesting in State on the date of coming into force of the Act -Exemption from vesting claimed by landowner-Land declared to be falling . C under exempted category by Taluk Land Board under J970 Rules-In first round and Conservator of Vested Forests demarcating 324 hectares of land as vested forest-Jurisdiction to issue Notificµtion challenged-Jn second round of litigation Evidence in support of its claim produced by the landowner, but not considered by Tribunal-The jurisdiction D upheld by the
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