Supreme Court of India

The State of Kera La and Anr. v. The Pullangode Rubber and Produce Co. Ltd. Etc.

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Reported as [1999] 3 S.C.R. 1163
Bench S.P. Bharucha, R.C. Lahoti and N. Santosh Hegde JJ.
Decided 27 July 1999

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with these appeals we must mention that they were ordered to be heard by a three Judge Bench because it had been contended, based upon the decision in the case of Bhavani Tea and Produce Co.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Land Laws: Kera/a Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 197 /: c S.2 -"Private forest"-Vesting in State Government-Land used for cultivating tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber •. cardamom or cinnamon and for any purposes ancillary to the cultivation of such crops, excluded from the definition of 'private forest'-Company engaged in rubber cultivation-Certain lands used for fuel purposes in smoke houses for manufacture of rubber and supply of firewood to employees-Held exempted-Madras Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949. S. 2 - "Private forest "-Claim for exemption from the

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