Title : Restriction on the Dereservation of Forests or Use of Forest Land for Non-forestpurpose
State : Central
Year : 1980
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force in a State, no State Government or other authority shall make, except with the prior approval of the Central Government, any order directing,- (i) that any reserved forest (within the meaning of the expression "reserved forest" in any law for the time being in force in that State) or any portion thereof, shall cease to be reserved; (ii) that any forest land or any portion thereof may be used for any non-forest purpose; 1[(iii) that any forest land or any portion thereof may be assigned by way of lease or otherwise to any private person or to any authority, corporation, agency or any other organisation not owned, managed or controlled by Government; (iv) that any forest land or any portion thereof may..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Jharkhand
Year : 1954
THE JHARKHAND BHOODAN YAGNA ACT, 1954 THE JHARKHAND BHOODAN YAGNA ACT, 1954] ( For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Bihar Gazette dated the 23rd September, 1953. Pt. V. p. 38; for Report of the Select Committee, see the Bihar Gazette, Extraordinary of the 26th March, 1954, pp.2-19.) [ Act No. 22 of 1954] [ 21st July, 1954] PREAMBLE An Act to facilitate the donation of lands in connection with the Bhoodan Yagna initiated by Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave and to provide for the settlement of such lands with landless persons 2 [or with a village community, Gram Panchayat, or with a Co-operative Society organised by the Bhoodan Yagna Committee]. Whereas it is expedient to facilitate the donation of lands in connection with the Bhoodan Yagna initiated by Shri Acharya..... List Judgments citing this sectionState : Kerala
Year : 1947
THE MADRAS ESTATES COMMUNAL, FOREST AND PRIVATE LANDS (PROHIBITION OF ALIENATION) ACT, 1947 THE MADRAS ESTATES COMMUNAL, FOREST AND PRIVATE LANDS (PROHIBITION OF ALIENATION) ACT, 1947 [Act No. 14 of 1947] PREAMBLE An Act to prohibit the alienation of communal, forest and private lands in estates in the Province of Madras. WHEREAS it is necessary to prevent the indiscriminate alienation of communal, forest and private lands in estates in the Province of Madras pending the enactment of legislation for acquiring the interests of landholders in such estates and introducing the ryotwari settlement therein; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Madras Estates Communal, Forest and Private lands..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Abolition and Vesting of Inams in the State and Its Consequences
State : Karnataka
Year : 1973
(1)Notwithstanding anything contained in any contract, grant or other instrument orin any other law for the time being in force, with effect from and on theappointed date all religious or charitable inams in the 1 [Belgaum andGulbarga Areas] of the State shall stand abolished. (2)Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, with effect from and on theappointed date, the following consequences shall ensue, namely:- (a)the provisions of the Act , relating to inams or alienated holding shall bedeemed to have been repealed in their application to the inam or alienatedholding and the provisions of the Act and all other enactments applicable tounalienated villages or lands shall apply to the said inam or alienatedholdings; (b)all rights, title and interest vesting in the inamdar..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Central
Year : 1957
MINES AND MINERALS (REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1957 MINES AND MINERALS (REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1957 67 of 1957 28th December, 1957 An Act to provide for the 3["development and regulation of mines and minerals"]under the control of the Union. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- [a] For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of India, 1957, Extra., Pt. II, section 2, p. 392; and for Report of the Joint Committee, see p. 997.PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Mines and Minerals4["(Development and Regulation)"] Act, 1957. (2) It extends1to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date2as the Central Government may, by notification in the..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Preliminary
State : Karnataka
Year : 1961
(1) This Act may be called the1[Karnataka] Land Reforms Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of the1[State of Karnataka]. (3) It shall come into force on such2[date] as the State Government may, by notification, appoint. _______________________________ 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f.1.11.1973. 2. Act came into force by notification w.e.f. 2.10.1965. Text of notification is at the end of this Act. Section 2 - Definitions (A) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- 1 [(1) "agriculture" includes,-- 1 [(a) acquaculture;] 1 [(aa)] horticulture; (b) the raising of crops, grass or garden produce; (c) dairy farming; (d) poultry farming; (e) breeding of livestock; (f) grazing; but does not include the cutting of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Karnataka
Year : 1961
(A) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- 1 [(1) "agriculture" includes,-- 1 [(a) acquaculture;] 1 [(aa)] horticulture; (b) the raising of crops, grass or garden produce; (c) dairy farming; (d) poultry farming; (e) breeding of livestock; (f) grazing; but does not include the cutting of wood only;] (2) "agricultural labourer" means a person whose principal means of livelihood is manual labour on land 2 [and includes an artisan whose principal means of livelihood is preparation of agricultural implements]; (3) "agriculturist" means a person who cultivates land personally; 3 [(4) "Amendment Act" means the 4 [Karnataka] Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1973;] 5 [(4A) x x x] (5) "appointed day" means the date appointed under sub-section (3) of section..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Central
Year : 1949
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 99 of 1949 WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a [SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC] and to secure to all its citizens : JUSTICE, social, economic and political ; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and opportunity; and to promote among them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the [Unity and integrity of the Nation]: IN OUR CONSTITUE ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of the November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION. PART 1: THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY: ARTICLE 1: Name and territory of the Union: (1) India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. [(2) The States and the..... List Judgments citing this sectionState : Central
Year : 2006
THE SCHEDULED TRIBES AND OTHER TRADITIONAL FOREST DWELLERS (RECOGNITION OF FOREST RIGHTS) ACT, 2006 THE SCHEDULED TRIBES AND OTHER TRADITIONAL FOREST DWELLERS (RECOGNITION OF FOREST RIGHTS) ACT, 2006 NO. 2 OF 2007 [29th December, 2006] An Act to recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded; to provide for a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect of forest land. WHEREAS the recognised rights of the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers include the..... List Judgments citing this sectionState : Assam
Year : 2006
THE SCHEDULED TRIBES AND OTHER TRADITIONAL FOREST DWELLERS (RECOGNITION OF FOREST RIGHTS) ACT, 2006 THE SCHEDULED TRIBES AND OTHER TRADITIONAL FOREST DWELLERS (RECOGNITION OF FOREST RIGHTS) ACT, 2006 NO. 2 OF 2007 [29th December, 2006] An Act to recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded; to provide for a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect of forest land. WHEREAS the recognised rights of the forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers include the..... List Judgments citing this section