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Bombay High Court Allows Release of Confiscated Truck in Forest Offence Case — Petitioner Not Given Adequate Opportunity of Hearing. Confiscation Order Under Section 61-A of Indian Forest Act, 1927 Set Aside Due to Violation of Principles of Natural Justice.

The petitioner, owner of a truck bearing registration number MH-30-B-2897, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of Ind...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows State Appeal in Forest Land Conversion Case — Refund of Compulsory Deposit Ordered by Single Judge Set Aside. Deposit under Section 79A of Karnataka Forest Act, 1963 for conversion of forest land to non-forest purpose is not refundable upon grant of permission.

The State of Karnataka, through the Deputy Conservator of Forests and other authorities, filed a writ appeal against an order of a learned Single Judg...

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Supreme Court Upholds Tenant's Ownership Over Trees on Land Under Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953. Expression 'right, title and interest of the land-owner in the land' Under Section 11 Includes Trees, Dismissing Appeal by Forest Officer.

The litigation originated from proceedings under the Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953. A cultivating tenant...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Dismisses PIL Challenging Tree Felling Permission for Mopa Airport Project. Appellate Authority's Order Under Goa, Daman and Diu Preservation of Trees Act, 1984 Upheld as Reasoned and Not Suffering from Non-Application of Mind.

The petitioner, Federation of Rainbow Warriors, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, filed a Public Interest Litigation be...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Forest Conservation Case Against Railway Land Development. NGT's Finding That Land Is Not Forest Land Under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 Upheld, as Appellants Failed to Prove Land Met Statutory Definition and Provided Unauthorized Evidence.

The appeal arose from a judgment of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) dismissing an original application challenging a Request for Proposal (RFP) issu...

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Supreme Court Upholds Revenue’s Assessment — Income from Sale of Naturally Grown Trees Not Agricultural Income. Assessee Must Prove Entitlement to Exemption Under Section 4(3)(viii) of Income-tax Act, 1922; Tribunal’s Finding of Fact Binding.

The dispute concerned the taxability of income derived by the respondent, a proprietor of an estate, from the sale of trees in his forests. The respon...

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Supreme Court Refers Metro Construction Proposal to Central Empowered Committee for Forest Land Scrutiny. DMRC's Application for Declaration of Non-Forest Areas Deferred Pending Examination Under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Related Environmental Statutes.

The Supreme Court, in its original jurisdiction, considered multiple interlocutory applications (IAs) filed in the long-pending writ petition concerni...