provision in the agreement that
the sale of the forest produce of the lot in issue had to be
completed within two years. Clause ... Clause did not envisage any specific period for
the sale of forest produce and finalization of the accounts. It
was further the stand
Sunil Kumar Mishra vs M.P. State Minor Forest Produce ... on 2 March, 2020
Equivalent citations: AIR 2021 (NOC) 41 (M.P.), AIRONLINE ... 2020
Sunil Kumar Mishra
Versus
M.P. State Minor Forest Produce Cooperative Federation
Ltd. & others.
Jabalpur, dated: 02.03.2020
Mr. Rajas Pohankar, Advocate
reason to believe that a forest
offence has been committed in respect of any timber
or forest produce, such timber, or forest produce,
together with ... where a Forest Officer makes a
report of seizure of any timber or forest produce and
produces the seized timber before the Authorized
Officer along
Forest Act, 1963 :
20. The Karnataka Forest Act, 1963 was enacted to
consolidate and amend the law relating to the forest and
forest produces ... shall, be a person not
holding any forest office except that of Forest
Settlement Officer; but a Forest Officer may be
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appointed
Forest Regulation (Amendment)
Act, 1995, the District Forest Officer is the authority to deal with any issue in respect of the
seized forest produce ... delay be forwarded to the Circle Conservator of Forests of the Circle in which the
forest produce has been seized and the Magistrate having jurisdiction
from the forest. Learned Senior Counsel further submitted that the Pangolin does not fall under the definition of ''Forest Produce' as mentioned ... that a forest offence has been committed, the Authorised Officer is empowered, for reasons to be recorded, to confiscate the forest produce together with
therein. Relying on the provisions under the Kerala Forest
Act, 1961 and also the Kerala Forest Produce Transit Rules, the
petitioners would contend that, reeds ... Clause (f) of Section 2 of the Kerala Forest Act, 1951
define 'forest produce' to includes includes- (i) the following whether
found
agreement as per Rule 3(1) of the Maharashtra Supply
of Forest Produce (Revision of Agreement) Rules, 1983
(for short, "the Rules ... market value under Section 4 of
the Maharashtra Supply of Forest Produce by Government
(Revision of Agreements) Act, 1982 (for short
agreement as per Rule 3(1) of the Maharashtra Supply
of Forest Produce (Revision of Agreement) Rules, 1983
(for short, "the Rules ... market value under Section 4 of
the Maharashtra Supply of Forest Produce by Government
(Revision of Agreements) Act, 1982 (for short
Forests
Department of Forests, Bellary
Division, Bellary.
3. Assistant Conservator of Forests
Department of Forests, Hospet
Sub-Division, Bellary.
4. The Range Forest Officer
Hospet ... issued by.-
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(i) Range Forest Officer or such
Foresters as may be authorized by him if the
forest produce to be moved