Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1477 · Decided 12 December 1996
T. N. Godavarman Thirumulkpad ETC. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1477 · [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 982
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 202/1995
- Decided
- 12 December 1996
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, B.N. KIRPAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32; Forest Conservation Act Section 2
Headnote
Forest Conservation Act, 1980: Section 2. Applicability and Object of Act-Held object is to check deforestation C which ultimately results in ecological imbalance-Therefore, the provisions made therein for the conservation of forests and for niatters connected therewith apply to all forests covers all statutorily recognised forests, whether designated as reserved, protected or otherwise for the purpose of Section 2(i) of the Acr-Expression 'forest land' includes not only 'forest' D but also any area recorded as forest in the Government record imspective of the ownership-l'rior
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