Supreme Court of India

Government of Karnataka and Ors. v. Smt. Gowramma and Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 13 S.C.R. 939
Bench Dr. Ari.Ht Pasa Y At and P. Sathasivam JJ.
Decided 14 December 2007

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Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976: Application by owner of land for permission to cut trees-Conditional permission granted­ While granting transport permits, Government transported some c portion of timbers to their godowns-Claim of owner for price of timber transported-Held: Not sustainable in the absence of challenge to the conditions stipulated in permission granted. Precedent: Reliance on a decision without looking into the factual background of the case before the Court-Held: Not proper-Decision is precedent on its own facts-Observations of Courts are neither to be read as

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