expression 'reserved forest' or 'protected forest'. Under this
category fall 'private forests' as defined under the Kerala Private
Forest ... forest or a vested forest
or any other forest land owned by the Government. The expression
"reserved forest" or "vested forest
reserved forest area or not. Clause (b), however, refers to a forest produce if found in or brought from a forest. The mineral excavated from ... Section 2 of the Act, held that the legislature having defined 'forest produce', it is not permissible for us to read
morality. Thus, they have
chosen to exploit our national wealth like forest and forest
produce stealthily and by illegal means and in violation of
legal ... protect the forest and forest
produces thereby to discharge its constitutional
obligations.........."
Now-a-days, the illegal encroachment to forest areas is a sensational
forest dwellers, whereas the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is a safeguard to the scheduled tribes and traditional forest dwellers, who depend on the forests ... Forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest dwellers.
The term "Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribes" has been defined under Section
Forest Dwellers Act. Alternatively, it is submitted
that they are Other Traditional Forest Dwellers as defined in Section
2(o) of the Forest Dwellers ... forests or forest lands for their bona fide livelihood needs, so as to
come within the definition of "Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribes
likely to denude the forest or diminish its utility as such. The term "forest" is defined under Section 2(aa) and it includes ... Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949 reads as follows:
"1(2)(ii)to forests situated in estates as defined in the [Tamil Nadu
forest dwellers, whereas the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is a safeguard to the scheduled tribes and traditional forest dwellers, who depend on the forests ... Forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest dwellers.
The term "Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribes" has been defined under Section
follows:
"2(c). forest produce in transit includes 'forest
produce' as defined in sub-clause(f), timber as defined in
sub-clause ... forest produce found in any river or stream
whether tied into rafts or not."
Forest produce is defined in Kerala Forest Act as
follows
land in question is part of reserve
forest as notified by the Konni reserve forest notification dated
27.01.1897 (Annexure ... learned Special Government Pleader,
Sec.2(e) of the Act defines "forest offence" as meaning an offence
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brought from any forest they are 'forest produce' for which transit permit under
the Orissa Timber and other Forest Produce Transit Rules ... even if processed are per se forest produce ? Section
2(g) of the Orissa Forest Act which defines forest produce, consists of two parts
