Supreme Court of India

Chief Conservator of Forests v. Jagannath Maruti Kondhare

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Reported as [1995] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 259
Bench A.M. Ahmadi J.
Decided 6 December 1995

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the aforesaid scheme undertaken by the Forest Department cannot he regarded as a part of sovereign function of the State, and so, it was open to the respondents to invoke the provisions of the State Act.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Industrial Disputes Act 1947 s.2(j)-Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act 1971-"ln­ dustry''-Scheme undertaken by Forest Department for creation of park under bio-aesthetic development for benefit of urban population, or social forestry work, whether sovereign function vf state-Whether Forest Depmtment can be "industry''-Held, dichotomy or sovereign and non-sovereign function does not exist-It would depend on nature of power and manner of its exer­ cise-Scheme, held, is not part of inalienable or inescapable function of state-Such work could be

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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