Search Results for Tag : Forest Land
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Karnataka High Court Quashes Notification Releasing Forest Land(24.03.2021)
Karnataka High Court has struck down an order/notification issued by the state government by which it purported to release a total of 260 acres formin.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Notification Releasing Forest Land
SC Dismisses Ex-J&K Minister Abdul Ghani Kohli's Plea in Forest Land Encroachment Case(13.03.2020)
Supreme Court has dismissed a Plea by former Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) minister Abdul Ghani Kohli against the order of J&K High Court in encroachment case.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Forest Land Encroachment Case
Karnataka HC Extends Stay on Wildlife Board Decision Allowing Diversion of Forest Land(14.07.2020)
Karnataka High Court has extended the interim relief granted directing that no further steps shall be taken on the decision taken by the State Board f.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Diversion of Forest Land
SC: Non-Forest Activities Cannot be Permitted Without Prior Approval from Central Government(22.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that State Government/Competent Authority cannot permit any change of user of forest or deemed forest land without obtaining pr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Forest Land, Prior Approval
SC Seeks Details of Actions Taken by States on Misuse of Forest Land(01.02.2016)
SC has sought details of action taken by States against those who wrongly claimed forest land as traditional forest dwellers under a 2006 Act amid cla.....
Tags : SC,Misuse of Forest Land
Supreme Court Permits State of Himachal Pradesh to Divert Forest Land for Public Projects(14.12.2021)
Supreme Court has permitted the State of Himachal Pradesh for diversion of forest land under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for construction of c.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Diversion of Forest Land for Public Projects
Calcutta High Court: Notice Preventing Forest Dwellers from Entering Forest Lands Set Aside(18.04.2024)
Cal HC set aside the notice ousting forest dwellers from their forest dwellings and held that since no process of recognition of rights given in Sched.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Forest Dwellers, Forest Lands
Judgments
NGT has jurisdiction to deal with substantial question arises out of enforcement of enactments given in Schedule 1 of NGT Act, 2010(01.05.2017)
Applicant after being shocked on reading the news item, reported in Daily Excelsior Jammu dated 17th February, 2016 giving details of transfer made by.....
Tags : Forest land, Transfer, Jurisdiction
Madras HC Impresses on Need to Maintain Forest Lands and to Prevent Encroachment(10.06.2021)
Madras High Court has observed that it is absolutely imperative that not even an inch of forest land in the State be allowed to be encroached upon by .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Maintenance of Forest Lands
Madhya Pradesh HC Notices State Over Encroachment of Forest Land After Fire Incidents(13.04.2017)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought reply within six weeks from State Government on a PIL for protection of forest land from being encroached upon af.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Forest Land
SC Directs Faridabad Municipal Corporation to Disclose Unauthorised Structures on Forest Land(21.09.2021)
Supreme Court has directed the Faridabad Municipal Corporation to submit a chart disclosing the unauthorised structures standing on Khori Gaon forest .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Unauthorised Structures on Forest Land
Madras HC Directs on Encroachment on Forest Land and Preservation of Wildlife Corridors(24.03.2021)
Madras High Court has observed that no encroachment must be allowed on forest land and directed the Tamil Nadu Government to take all steps to ensure .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Encroachment on Forest Land, Preservation of Wildlife Corridors
SC Restrains Union/States from Reducing Forest Land Unless Compensatory Land is Provided(05.02.2025)
Supreme Court has directed that no steps will be taken by the Union or any of the states which would lead to reduction in the forest land, unless comp.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Forest Land, Compensatory Land
Encroachment on Forest Land Can't Be Protected: Delhi High Court(24.09.2018)
Delhi High Court has said encroachment on forest land cannot be protected while refusing to direct the authorities not to demolish a five-decade-old t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Forest Land
Supreme Court: Forest Land Cannot Be Leased or Used For Agriculture Without Centre’s Approval(19.12.2025)
SC held that forest land cannot be leased or used for agricultural purposes without prior approval of the Central Government under Section 2 of the Fo.....
Tags : Forest Land, Agriculture, the Forest (Conservation) Act
SC Allows Himachal Pradesh Govt. Plea for Diversion of Certain Extent of Forest Land(16.02.2021)
Supreme Court has allowed some applications filed by the Government of Himachal Pradesh seeking diversion of certain extent of forest land for the pur.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Diversion of Certain Extent of Forest Land
Supreme Court Permits State of Himachal Pradesh to Divert Forest Land for Public Projects(14.12.2021)
Supreme Court has permitted the State of Himachal Pradesh for diversion of forest land under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 for construction of c.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Diversion of Forest Land for Public Projects
Karnataka HC Quashes Govt Order Declaring Pockets of Land as Forest Land(17.09.2021)
Karnataka High Court has quashed the government’s order of declaring certain pockets of land, including those used for grazing of cattle by Sri Ramach.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Govt Order Declaring Pockets of Land as Forest Land