Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 240 · Decided 24 April 2006
State of Kerala and ORS. v. Sunil Kumar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 240 · [2006] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 199
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4678/2006
- Decided
- 24 April 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, TARUN CHATTERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226; Forest Conservation Act Section 2
Headnote
Forest Conservation Act, 1980-Section 2-Encroachment of forest /and-State Government rejecting request of encroachers to grant them lease A B of encroached lands-Prior approval of Central Government for rejection of C request-Requirement of-Held: Such approval was not required by the State non-forest purpose. The predecessor of respondent was leased an extent of land. However, they encroached upon adjacent portions of that land. Appellant-State D Government decided to regularize and grant respondent lease of encroached lands. However, thereafter as the Forest Conservation Act,
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