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Jun 03 2022 (SC)

In Re : T.n. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs. Union Of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... sanctuary the cec came across a horrible and unbelievable picture of devastated eco system due to indiscriminate mining activity in blatant violation of the forest (conservation) act, wild life (protection) act and even this hon'ble court's orders. the sanctuary is littered with hundreds of deep mining pits, randomly scattered "over burdens", scores of cranes ..... sought for restarting the mining activities in non forest area. 20 directions have also been asked to prevent initiation of penal proceedings against the applicant under the wild life (protection) act, 1972. (ii) the applicant in i.a. nos.982 984 of 2003 is one smt. magan devi meena. her case is that she was ..... grant of temporary working permits for 12 mining within safety zones around any national park/wildlife sanctuary declared under sections 18, 26 a or 35 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972. as an interim measure, direction was issued to maintain one kilometre safety zone, which was subject to the orders that may be made in .....

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Oct 11 2005 (HC)

Maheshkumar Virjibhai Trivedi and 20 ors. Vs. the State of Gujarat and ...

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : AIR2006Guj35; (2006)2GLR1066

..... declared in the year 1973 and as per provisions of section-20 of the wild life protection act, 1972, after issue of notification under section-18, no right shall be acquired in, on or over the land comprised within the limits of area specified in ..... dated 17.1.2001 refusing to recognize the rights of the petitioners in the land in question as their rights were after notification under section-18 of the wild life protection act declaring the intention, means, after declaration of the sanctuary. it is required to be noted that the necessary entry with regard to the said order is ..... delay and laches. even otherwise, it is required to be noted that so far as the lands in question is concerned, it is wild ass sanctuary declared under the provisions of the wild life protection act, 1972 and necessary notifications are already issued since long. it is also required to be noted that the intention for sanctuary was already .....

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Mar 22 1995 (HC)

Consumer Education and Research Society, Ahmedabad and Etc. Vs. Union ...

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : AIR1995Guj133; (1995)2GLR1655

..... 26a(1). this would not make subsection (3) in any way inapplicable to asanctuary, which was declared as such underthe unamended section 18 of the wild life(protection) act.24. it was vehemently contended that this could not be regarded as a public interest litigation and secondly, the petitioners had no locus standi to file ..... except under resolution passed under the legislature of the state. it may here be noticed that in the original bill, which was drafted for amending the wild life (protection) act, there was no clause in the bill corresponding to sub-section (3) of section 26a. it was only during the course of the debate in ..... which had the effect of cancelling the earlier notification, under which a wild life sanctuary had been established under the wild life (protection) act, 1972.2. the facts of the case lie in a narrow compass. the aforesaid wild life (protection) act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as 'the said act') was enacted by the parliament and it came into operation on 9th of .....

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Nov 03 2016 (HC)

Nature Care Trust, Madurai represented by the Founder and Managing Tru ...

Court : Chennai Madurai

..... no.143 (environment and forest (fr.5) department for the declaration of kodaikanal wild life sanctuary under section 26 a1(b) of wild life (protection) act 1972, since the kodaikanal wild life sanctuary comes under the jurisdiction including theni and dindigul district, the kodaikanal wild life sanctuary area to an extent of 60,895.482 hectares. he has also states ..... in the said area. hence, the present impugned order has been passed. 10. the writ petitioner also states that as per section 21 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972, proclamation collect when a notification has been issued under section 18, the collector shall (within a period of sixty days) publish in the regional ..... . the counter also states that the government have empower to pass or declare sanctuary by either following procedures under sections 18 to 25 of the wild life protection act, 1972 or by declaring a reserved forest area as sanctuary under section 26a(1)(b). 15. the 8th respondent also states that the notification .....

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Aug 11 1982 (HC)

Jaladhar Chakma and Etc. Etc. Vs. the Deputy Commissioner, Aizawl, Miz ...

Court : Guwahati

..... of the impugned orders with their hearths and home and also having cultivable lands. the impugned orders were purported to have been made under the provisions of the wild life sanctuary (protection) act 1972 (for short 'the act') under which there may be a declaration of sanctuary by virtue of the provision of section 18 of the ..... : 'no. tpb. 9/79-80/40 dated tuipuibari, the 13th october, 1980. tothe secretary,village council, tuipuibari i/ tuipuibari ii.sub : eviction of villagers within the dampa wild life sanctuary. as per the deputy commissioner, aizawl's letter no. aam.20/79-80/249 of 26-9-80 it is hereby ordered that (it is) time for shifting of ..... is found out from the records that under section 18 of the act a notification has been issued on 20th jan. 1976 by the development commissioner. ex-officio secretary to the govt. of mizoram declaring the area given in that notification as dampa wild life sanctuary. section 18 requires that such a declaration is to be made by a notification. .....

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Nov 20 2004 (HC)

Kamla Kant Pandey Vs. Prabhagiya Van Adhikari and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR2005All136; 2005(1)AWC877

..... is found that the plots in question are within the sanctuary limits then the petitioners shall be obliged to seek permits under the wild life (protection) act from the chief wild life warden.41. the writ petition succeeds partly to the extent indicated hereinabove and is allowed subject to the directions contained herein. the ..... controversy has to be decided keeping in view the objects and reasons of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 :the wild life (protection) act, 1972introductionthe rapid decline of wild -animals and birds in india has been a cause of grave concern. some wild animals and birds have already become extinct in the country and others are in the ..... of the respondent-state government in permitting mining operations in areas which have been declared as a wild life sanctuary under the wild life (protection) act, 1972. as has been brought on record the kaimur wild life sanctuary preserves within its fold some very rare species of flora and fauna including the prized black buck .....

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Oct 11 1995 (HC)

Ajit D. Padival Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : (1996)1GLR382

..... operation are required to be checked, and no permission should be granted in the proximity of the area to a sanctuary, national park, etc., under the wild life (protection) act, 1972. it was submitted that the biological diversity of the area, topographic or climate feature of the area ought to have been considered. so far as ..... deleted is given.5. in view of the resolution passed by the legislative assembly in exercise of powers conferred by the said section 26a(3) of wild life (protection) act, 1972, the government of gujarat issued a notification which is produced on the record by respondent no. 6 alongwith the affidavit. it is this notification ..... seems that there was a proposal before the state legislative assembly, and the resolution is passed in exercise of power conferred by section 26a(3) of the wild life (protection) act, 1972, which is placed on record at annexure-ii of special civil application no. 6707 of 1995. before passing the resolution, following aspects have been .....

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Feb 16 2000 (SC)

Consumer Education and Research Society Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2000SC975; (2001)2GLR1091; JT2000(2)SC189; 2000(1)SCALE606; (2000)2SCC599; [2000]1SCR907; 2000(2)LC843(SC)

..... the development of the said backward area of kutchh district. the resolution was passed in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26-a(3) of the wild life protection act. pursuant to that resolution the government issued a notification to that effect on 9-8-1995. the petitioner again challenged those notifications by filing the writ petition ..... 14-4 1981 the government of gujarat, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18(1) of the wild life protection act, 1972, declared a part of the forest area in lakhphat taluka of kutch district as a 'wild life sanctuary.' the total area of the sanctuary was 765.79 sq. k.m. on 27-7-1993 it ..... for exploitation and with this intention and without in any way diluting the commitment to protect wild life and to improve the habitat by positive steps the government is proposing this resolution under the provisions of section 26-a(3) of the wild life (protection) act, 1972. we agree with mr. dhawan that some aspects deserved better consideration and .....

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Jul 12 2000 (HC)

Yamkhomang Haokip Vs. State of Manipur and ors.

Court : Guwahati

..... up action for eviction of the persons from the area falling within the declared sanctuary in accordance with the provisions as contained in chapter iv of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 but none of these things have been found to be followed by the respondents in issuing of passing the impugned eviction notice for initiating eviction ..... said case is as to whether the said land is a portion of a sanctuary declared by the state government as required under section 18 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 and whether the eviction notice was issued upon the chief of the village in accordance with law or not. from the available materials on record, ..... govt. of manipur by invoking the powers conferred upon the authority under section 18 read with section 19 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 but it is not a notification as required under section 2(22) of the act which envisages that 'notification' means a notification published in the official gazette. in the instant case, the state .....

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Jul 11 1997 (HC)

Nagar Palika Parishad Vs. State of U.P. and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1998All232

order1. by a notification dt. 2nd sept, 1993 issued under section 18(1) of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 the concerned area was declared to be included within the limit of the sanctuary. subsequently, a notification was issued on 11th of jan, 1994, under section 21 of the said act being a proclamation specifying the area as sanctuary requiring persons claiming any right mentioned in ..... it satisfies the test of section 18(1) of the act. section 18 of the act empowers the-state government to declare any area to be a sanctuary if it is considered that such area is of adequate . ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, natural or zoological significance for the purpose of protecting, propagating or developing wild life or its environment. once these tests are satisfied the .....

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