M/S. Joonktolle Tea And Industries Ltd vs State Of Kerala on 28 February, 2020
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Division Bench of this Court in State of Kerala and others v.
New World Investment (P) Ltd. and others [2015 KHC 7103],
considering a case of reserve forest land leased out by the
erstwhile Cochin Government held that any further transferby
way of sale or lease or otherwise by the original lessee would
be impermissible in view of the clear provisions of the
statutes. Though the learned Senior Counsel attempts to
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show a distinction between sale in the said case and an
amalgamation in the case on hand, since Section 22
specifically prohibits the 'acquisition of rights of any nature"