Supreme Court of India

In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2024] 1 S.C.R. 704
Bench B. R. Gavai, Aravind Kumar and Prashant Kumar Mishra JJ.
Decided 24 January 2024

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we summarise our discussion as under: i.

Judgment, page 38

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to criteria issued for the identification of private ‘forest’ land in the State of Goa. Headnotes Environmental laws – Forests – Criteria issued by the State of Goa for the identification of private ‘forest’ land in the State of Goa – Challenge to, by the appellant seeking change in the criteria: Held: Existing criteria for identification of private forests in the State of Goa are adequate and valid, thus, requires no alteration – Criteria of the canopy density of 0.4 and minimum area of 5 ha if reduced to 0.1 and 1 ha as contended by the appellant,

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