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IN RE: ZUDPI JUNGLE LANDS versus

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Reported as [2025] 5 S.C.R. 1480
Bench B.R. Gavai and Augustine George Masih JJ.
Decided 22 May 2025

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Issue for Consideration Issue pertains to the status of Zudpi Jungle or Zudpi Forest in the six districts of State of Maharashtra; and whether the recommendations made by the CEC in its 2025 Report should be accepted or not. Headnotes† Forest Act, 1927 – Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 – Reserved forest – Zudpi Jungle – Status of Zudpi Jungle/Zudpi Forest in the districts of Eastern Vidarbha Region-Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli of State of Maharashtra – State of Maharashtra’s case that though these lands recorded in the revenue records as Zudpi Forest lands,

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