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
Bathula Krishna vs The State Of Ap on 31 October, 2018
IN THE HIGH COURT
forest lands in view of the fact that neither
the Karnataka Forest Act, 1963 nor the Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980 has defined the term ... Apex Court had an occasion to define
'Forest' in its order in T.N.GODAVARMAN
THIRUMULKPAD vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS. reported
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
elephant tusk
was not a forest produce, for it was not mentioned in the
definition as a forest produce or under Section ... Section 2(f) of the 1961 Act that defines ‘forest
produce’, reads as follows:-
“2(f) “forest produce” includes-
(i) the following whether found
Owner" in
relation to a private forest is defined in Section 2(c) to
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include therein a mortgagee, lessee or other person
having ... limits;
and lastly, though the respondents’ scheduled
property is a private forest as defined under the Act,
yet in the light of seven findings
them and would also
hand over the possession of the forest land to the Forest
Department etc., and the appeal filed by him has also ... Section 2 sub-Section (c) of the Act, 2006 defines
Forest Dwelling Scheduled Tribes as under:-
""forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes"means
lying contiguous to or encircled by a reserved
forest or a vested forest or any other forest land owned ... defines
'forest'. 'Forest', as defined in Sec.2(c) , means any land
principally covered with naturally grown trees and undergrowth
committed in a
forest area or a forest land is not sufficient to attract
the provisions of Section 61A of the Forest Act, would
therefore ... property in relation to a
forest offence is not confined to 'forest produce' as
defined under Section
