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Nisarga Nature Club Vs. Shri Satyawan B Prabhudessai Gaonkarwadem-usga ...

Court : National Green Tribunal Principal Bench New Delhi

..... 1 denied that any forest offence has been committed by ..... degraded the forest area and committed forest offence. ..... along with payment of costs as well as initiation of criminal action against him for committing forest offence. 2. ..... he further submits that whether the land was recorded in the government record as forest land or not will not make any difference but the criteria to be applied is whether there were forest trees standing on that land and whether density of tree cover was in accordance with the parameters laid down by the state ..... trees mean naturally grown perennial trees , and (ii) the plantation done on public land or private land will not be identified as forest like area: were not consistent with the wide definition of forest given in the 12-12-19961 order of the court and the project area should qualify as forest on the basis of the main parameter fixed by the committee. ..... all the orders and judgments of this court defining forest and forest land for the purpose of the fc act were rendered in the context of mining or illegal felling of trees for timber or illegal removal of other forest produce or the protection of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries ..... he further submits that the application is maintainable in as much as relief for restitution of the degraded forest land is covered by section 15 of the national green tribunal act, 2010 (for short, ngt act) and filing of the application within a period of five (5) years from the date of cause of action is permissible .....

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence vs.m/s Prk Diamonds Pvt. Ltd. & An ...

Court : Delhi

..... said seizure had been effected in terms of section 43 of this ndps act, 1985, and that section 60 and 63 thereof provided for disposal of the conveyance used in the case of committing of the offence and that it was held that the discretion exercised by the trial court in disallowing the request for the return of the car primarily on the ground that it was liable to be confiscated under the ndps ..... /2019 by a verdict dated 26.3.2019 has inter alia observed to the effect that vide the indian forest act, 1927, specific provisions have been made for the seizure and confiscation of forest produce and tools and weapons and articles used in the commission of offences punishable under the indian forest act, 1927, which had been infused with a salutary public purpose and that the order of confiscation ..... that there was an acquittal in a criminal trial before a magistrate due to paucity of evidence would not necessary result in nullifying the order of confiscation passed by an authorized officer based on a satisfaction that a forest offence had been committed.47. ..... a contraband substance were recovered by the directorate of revenue intelligence officers was held to be erroneous observing to the effect that the matter related to commission of an offence punishable under the ndps act, 1985 which was a special law and the offence committed had to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the special law and the directions were thus made vide the judgment dated 22.11.2016 for surrender of .....

Jagat Ram Chicham, Madhya Pradesh Vs. the State of Madhya Pradesh Thro ...

Court : National Green Tribunal Principal Bench New Delhi

..... to illicit cutting of trees in the forest area are checked after the forest was handed over to the mpfdc by the forest department and therefore the applicant filed this petition with malafide intention before the honble high court as it became difficult for the villagers residing in his area to continue to resort to illicit cutting of trees and there are several forest offence cases registered against the local residents. ..... has been taken up in this regard and no updated/revised guidelines have been issued by the state government though many developments such as revision of the national forest policy in 1988, issuing guidelines on encouraging community participation in afforestation and management of degraded forests under the jfm concept by constituting jfm committees, amendments to the wildlife (protection) act, 1972, enacting biological diversity act, 2002, making it mandatory to implement ..... the mpfdc has taken up various forestry operations on the principle of sustainable forest management (in short sfm) and only the degraded forest areas are handed over to them by the state forest department for working on scientific basis not only to increase the productivity of the forests but also to earn revenue to the state and share the profits with ..... competent to deal with offence cases under the forest act as well as under the wildlife (protection) act and they are responsible for protection of forests and wildlife in the forest areas handed over to them by the state forest department. .....

Shobha Phadanvis Vs. the State of Maharashtra and Others

Court : National Green Tribunal Principal Bench New Delhi

..... updating of a gis based decision support database, tentatively containing inter-alia the district-wise details of the location and boundary of (i) each plot of land that may be defined as forest for the purpose of the forest (conservation) act, 1980; (ii) the core, buffer and eco-sensitive zone of the protected areas constituted as per the provisions of the wildlife (protection) act, 1972; (iii) the ..... bench, on 30/4/2004 referred in para-9 above shall continue to operate, as the state government has not submitted the necessary data and reports on the present status of forest and an updated action plan to increase the forest cover in the state to the desired level and also, comprehensive statement of the compliance of various directions of apex court and high court, issued in this regard. ..... to take up the cases involving forest offences on priority basis. ..... support database, tentatively containing inter-alia the district-wise details of the location and boundary of (i) each plot of land that may be defined as forest for the purpose of the forest (conservation) act, 1980; (ii) the core, buffer and eco-sensitive zone of the protected areas (iii) important migratory corridors for wildlife and (iv) the ..... had issued directions to the government to take immediate steps in the matter, still illegal felling of the trees is going on without any obstruction and the forest department, except for registering preliminary offence report, has not been able to prevent such illegal felling of trees. .....

Col. Sawai Bhawani Singh and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Delhi

..... although indisputably having regard to the phraseology used in sub-section (2) of section 59a, there cannot be any doubt whatsoever that commission of a forest offence is one of the requisite ingredients for passing an order of confiscation, but the question as to whether the order of acquittal has been passed on that ground and what weight should be attached thereto is a matter which, in our opinion, ..... the central government accepted the contention that 'it would be wrong to hold col bhawani singh guilty of the offence of not declaring the gold as the karta of the family. ..... the above case concerned confiscation proceedings under section 59g of the forest act 1927 as amended by the west bengal act 22 of 1988. ..... 1 as the karta of the huf guilty of the offence of not declaring the gold in question. ..... a confiscation envisages a civil liability whereas an order of forfeiture of the forest produce must be preceded by a judgment of conviction. ..... further 10.856.000 kgs coins are of numismatic value and there is no offence in possessing them. ..... deal with the case of the liability of a dead person either under the customs act or under the forest act 1927.32. .....

National Mineral Developmnet Corporation Vs. Government of India and o ...

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 2008(101)DRJ339

..... include any work relating or ancillary to conservation, development and management of forests and wild life, namely, the establishment of check-posts, fire lines, wireless communications and construction of fencing, bridges and culverts, dams, waterholes, trench marks, boundary marks, pipelines or other like purposes.25. ..... portion thereof may be cleared of trees which have grown naturally in that land or portion, for the purpose of using it for reforestation.explanation : for the purpose of this section 'non-forest purpose' means the breaking up or clearing of any forest land or portion thereof for-(a) the cultivation of tea, coffee, spices, rubber, palms, oil-bearing plants, horticultural crops or medicinal plants; (b) any purpose other than reforestation, but does not ..... in the overall conspectus of the facts, and attendant circumstances, this court is of opinion that since the issues involved and urged concern the legality and jurisdiction of statutory authorities under the forest act and also since the order dated 14-2-2007 was made by the central government, the pendancy of proceedings before chhatisgarh cannot be construed as a bar and principles of comity do not ..... the importance of section 2 was underlined by amending the forest act, in 1988, and creating offences for not securing prior approval before beginning non-forest activity. 38. .....

Jageshwar RosIn and Turpentine Vs. Assistant Commissioner of

Court : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ITAT Delhi

Reported in : (2006)100ITD399(Delhi)

..... officer acted illegally held that provisions of search and seizure have not been properly complied with by the police authorities and when the seized goods were suspected to be connected with the offence and then the same should have been reported to the criminal court concerned and in that event it was held that the delivery of the goods should not have been linked ..... learned counsel for the assessees alternatively submitted that since the goods have been confiscated and illegally auctioned by the forest department without permission from income-tax department, the assessing officer may be directed to recover sale proceeds and adjust ..... further submitted that the drivers are convicted for the offence of carrying the goods without the permission of the forest department and the releasing of the goods in favour of the assessee has been rejected ..... acted on the information that the goods/assets seized in the matter pertained to the forest produce which were being transported without permission of the forest department and as such connected with the offence mentioned above. ..... to the income-tax department in pursuance to the requisition under section 132a(1) and illegally auctioned by forest department, therefore, the proceedings initiated under section 132a(1) or resultant framing of the block assessment order ..... is ultimately found to be correct by the criminal court while convicting truck drivers for the offences punishable under section 4/14 of the u.p.rosin and other forest produce act. .....

Ashish Gosain Vs. Department of Transport and Another

Court : Delhi

..... or a habitual drunkard; or (b) is a habitual addict to any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance within the meaning of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985 (61 of 1985); or (c) is using or has used a motor vehicle in the commission of a cognisable offence; or (d) has by his previous conduct as driver of a motor vehicle shown that his driving is likely to be attended with danger to the public; or (e) has obtained any driving licence or a licence to drive a particular class or description of motor vehicle by ..... for implementation of the directions of the supreme court committee, the traffic enforcement officers, before challaning the violators would keep the driving license (in original) for these offences (rider/pillion without helmet and driving without seat belt), for which acknowledgement slip shall be issued to the violators with a direction to attend the road safety education and counselling session at a designated place, ..... ------------------ delhi dated the ---------------- was received from ---------- whereas, vide above said communication, it is informed that the holder of driving license number -------- had committed the offence of --------------- under section -------------- motor vehicles act, 1988 on ------------- at ------------ whereas, the challaning officer has forwarded the license of violator for suspension under section-19 of the motor vehicles act, 1988 read with rule 21 of central ..... placed on principal chief conservator of forests v. j.k. .....

Sugan Chand Gupta Vs. N.C.T. of Delhi and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 112(2004)DLT538

..... a communication was addressed from the office of forest officer stating that the petitioner had illegally cut down green trees while constructing the temple, which was a cognizable offence.2. ..... from the correspondence filed by the petitioner itself, it is seen that it was the petitioner, who was in control and had been in communication with and had protested to the assistant forest officer against the proceedings for cutting of trees. ..... on receipt of a notice date 14.11.1996 protested to the forest officer, stating that no trees had been cut and the complaint had been lodged by some miscreants. ..... counsel for the petitioner also submits that the respondents had filed a complaint before the police, but the police after investigation did not find commission of any offence. ..... 2 that is forest officer in case no. 8(73)/c.o.t./f.s. .....

New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Delhi

..... 3 which had therefore violated the forest laws and had also been charged with an offence punishable under section 194 and 200 ipc. ..... it was further pointed out by the petitioner that the required permission from the forest department for felling the red sanders wood was not provided by respondent no. ..... 3 had been allegedly involved in illegal and smuggling activities and had violated the forest laws. ..... it is based on the report of the joint surveyors and of the principal chief conservator of forests. .....