Supreme Court of India
Sri Ram Saha v. State of West Bengal and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result, the impugned judgment so far it relates to imposition of F restrictions and conditions on the appellant for felling the trees cannot be sustained and they are set aside.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
West Bengal Land Reforms Act, I 99 5 Section 4- -Scope and application of-It is Confined to three Sub divisions of Darjeeling District named therein-Court cannot expand its scope to other lands in the State of West Bengal. Section 4- and 4- -Felling of trees in private non-forest garden lands-Held; It does not amount to diminishing the area of the land or changing its character or converting it for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was settled-In that view, Sections 4- and 4-" were inapplicable and permission of Collector was not required for felling of trees in such lands.
Where later benches applied it
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