Supreme Court of India
State of Kerala v. M.n.shankara Narayana
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What the Court ordered
We hold that this direction would ensue compliance of the Preservation Act and at the same time the right given to the respondents to enjoy 60 acres of land would be sustained.
Judgment, page 3
From the headnote
JUDGMENT: O R R Leave granted. We have heard learned counsel on both sides. The case has a chequered history which needs no elaboration. Suffice it to state that under the Madras Private Forests Preservation Act, private forests were preserved. The Legislature of the Kerala passed Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act 26 of 1971 (for short, the ’Vesting Act’) which came into force w.e.f. May 10, 1971. The respondent claimed 3,000 acres to be not a private forest.…
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