forest;
(ii) land which is part of a forest or lies within it or
was part of a forest or was lying within a forest ... that any reserved forest
shall cease to be reserved; or any forest land is used for non-forest
purpose; or any forest land is assigned
relating to forest, the
transit of forest produce, and duty leviable on timber and other
forest produce. Chapter-V of the Indian Forest ... forests vest in the State
Government and since both the expressions --'forest' as
well as 'private forest' --have been defined
possession of respondent No. 1 as 'forest" and "private forest" as defined in the Act. The Tribunal also held that ... forest/private forest on 30th August, 1975. On the basis of evidence on record, it was held that it was not forest/private forest
attracted at all. Besides the 1975 Act first defines "forest" ( section 2 (c-1)) and then defines "private forests" separately ... private forest" not only means any forest which is not the property of government (as defined in Section 2 (c-i) but includes
expression 'forest' or 'forest produce' therein at all. The expression 'private forest' was defined in Section 2 (f) which ... private forests' and the expression 'private forest' occurring in the operative part of Section 3 must mean private forest as defined
forest" are
completely arbitrary, unreasonable and non-est. The entire claim
of the respondents for claiming the said property as "forest ... Indian
Forest Act, 1927 is not sufficient for any land being declared as
"private forest" as defined under section
forest-produce of which the Government is entitled, a
reserved forest in the manner hereinafter provided."
24 The word forest has not been defined ... term 'forest' has not been defined anywhere in the
Forest Act . In the absence of such a definition the
word 'forest
Forest Conservation Act.
(2) The term 'forest land' occurring in section 2 , will not only include 'forest' as understood ... Forest Conservation Act, 1980 of the conservation of forests and the matters connected therewith must apply clearly to all forests so understood irrespective
passing of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 , no forest land could be allowed to be used for non-forest purposes without the prior permission ... this expression has been defined by the Explanation thereto. Explanation, in our opinion, defines "non forest purpose" as meaning (i) breaking
forest offence or
not. This is necessary as satisfaction of the authorised officer that
the owner of the vehicle has committed forest offence before
confiscation ... requisites of Section
61A of the Forest Act.
12] Section 2(3) of the Forest Act defines forest offence as
under :
"Forest offence
