Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 25 · Decided 13 January 1997
State of Orissa v. Duti Sahu and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 25 · [1997] 1 S.C.R. 234
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 316/1997
- Decided
- 13 January 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Forest Conservation Act Section 2
Headnote
OF ORISSA v. r·: DUTI SAHU AND ORS. JANUARY 13, 1997 B JK. RAMASWAMY AND G.T. NANAVATI, JJ.) Forest Conse1vatio11 Act, 1980 : Section 2. :>\ • Forest .land-Restriction 011 use for 11011-forest pwpose-l'em1issio11 of C Central Govemment-Respondent displaced persons-Granted Court for issuance of timber transit pem1its to respondents-Appeal by State-Held High Court ignored the provisions contained in Section 2-Tile respondellls have 110 manner of right D whatsoever to deforest the land and to cut and cany the trees belonging to the Government much less without the
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