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IN RE: CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI STOREYED BUILDINGS IN FOREST LAND MAHARASHTRA versus

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Reported as [2025] 5 S.C.R. 1382
Bench B.R. Gavai, Augustine George Masih and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 15 May 2025

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Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the subject land is a Forest Land; whether the Divisional Commissioner was justified in recommending the allotment of subject land in favour of family and as to whether the State Government was justified in accepting the said recommendation; whether the doctrine of desuetude and the doctrine of public trust would be applicable to the facts of the case; whether the Housing Society could be said to be bona fide purchaser of the subject land; and whether the Housing Society would be entitled to allotment of alternate piece of land. Headnotes† Forest

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