vesting in respect of forest land.
WHEREAS the recognised rights of the forest
dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest
dwellers include the responsibilities ... forests
while ensuring livelihood and food security of the forest
dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest
dwellers;
AND WHEREAS the forest rights on ancestral
smuggling of forest produce, to protect and safeguard the forest produce, reserve forest, reserve trees and thus to protect and increase the forest wealth ... reserve forests, formation of village forests and declaration of protected forests. It is for the Act vests, in the Government, control over forest and lands
forest shall be
deemed to be a reserved forest.
10. The object of the Act is to consolidate the law
relating to forests and forest ... amend the law relating to
forests and forest produce in the State. Under that Act,
Section 2 defines the "District Forest" to include
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
contend that minerals and products of mines and quarries are forest produce as defined in Section 2(7) of the State Act; and grant ... produce under any other law in force,"
6.1. "Forest produce" defined in Section 2(7) of the forest Act includes surface soil
Division,Circle or State
Headquarters.
Sub-section (8) of Section 2 defines a Forest Officer and
the same reads as under:
"(8) "Forest ... Court to the
provisions of Sub-section (8) of Section 2 defining a
Forest Officer and also invited the attention of the Court
to Schedule
forests, the
transit of forest-produce and the duty leviable on timber
and other forest-produce. Chapter II of that Act pertains
to Reserved Forests ... amend the law relating to forests and
forest produce in the State. Under that Act, Section 2
defines the "District Forest" to include
Forest Produce" which is as under:
7. Forest Produce includes.-
(a) the following whether found in or brought from a forest or not, that ... products of forests as the State Government may, by notification, declare to be forest produce.
12. Sandalwood is a forest produce as defined under
under;
" 2. Restriction on the dereservation of forests or
use of forest land for non-forest purpose.-
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other ... land" are not defined in the
Karnataka Forest Act, 1963 , "District Forest" is defined to
include all land at the disposal
following reasons:
7. Section 2(7) of the Act defines 'forest produce'. It is an inclusive definition, which includes timber, sandalwood ... when found in or brought from a forest. Section 2(20) defines 'timber' as including trees when they have fallen or have been
