Supreme Court of India

Nature Lovers Movement v. State of Kerala and Others

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Reported as [2009] 4 S.C.R. 687
Bench B.N. Agrawal J.
Decided 20 March 2009

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Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980: Section 2 - Whether prospective in operation - Whether Government of Kera/a could without prior approval of Central c Government grant pattasllease hold rights to unauthorized occupantslencroachers of forest land - Held: The 1980 Act is prospective in operation - Policy decision taken by Kera/a Government after seeking approval from the Central Government does not suffer from any legal infirmity - After the. 1980 Act, prior approval of the Central Government is necessary - Travancore Forest Regulations of 1068. In this appeal the questions that arose for

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