Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 432 · Decided 31 July 1995
Sushila Saw Mill v. State of Orissa and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 432 · [1995] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 426
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 14702/1995
- Decided
- 31 July 1995
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, K.S. PARIPOORNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 301
Headnote
Orissa Saw Mills & Saw Pits (Control) Ac~ 1991 Section 4(1j-Proviso-Establishment and Operation of Saw mills- C Regulation of-Creation of Prohibition Zone-Total prohibition to cany on Saw mill business in reserved forest as well as within JO kms. from the boundaries of reserved forests-Held 14-Class Legislation-Validity of-Statute-Object to preserve forest wealth and environment-Prohibition to cany on Saw Mill Busi­ ness-Because of geographical contiguity entire area of one distlict covered by prohibition zone-Held it was a class legislation and not discriminatory. Article
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