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Dec 22 2009 (HC)

Bimalkanti Ghose Vs. State of Orissa and ors.

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 109(2010)CLT247

..... environment department, orissa, bhubaneswar-opp. party no. 1. the said letter was written after making enquiry in exercise of the power under sections 19 to 25 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972. even though, the collector has submitted the aforesaid letter/report, no action has been taken by the state govt. by order dated 2.9.2008, this ..... the land, the petitioner planted 3000 teak stumps in the said plot in the year 1971. in may, 1976, by a notification under section 18 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972, the state govt. declared the area to be a sanctuary to be known as 'satakosia gorge sanctuary'. the petitioner made an application for removal of the ..... been admitted by the appellant in his appeal under reference. as per section 18-a of the wildlife protection act, the provisions of section 29 are equally applicable to the sanctuary notified under section 18 of the said act. the section 29 prohibits removal of any forest produce except in accordance with the provisions as well .....

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Jul 13 2001 (HC)

Baikuntha Bihari Mohapatra Vs. State of Orissa

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 2001CriLJ4151

..... learned sub-divisional judicial magistrate, angul, rejecting the prayer of the petitioner for release of the vehicle seized for offence committed under the provisions of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 ('the act', for short).2. the case of the prosecution is that on 15-5-2001 at night while performing night patrolling on angul-tikarapada pwd road, the ..... divisional forest officer, satkosia wild life division, detected a white tata indica car bearing registratipn no. or-02-r/2879 coming from tikarapada area towards angul. the car was ..... by decisions of this court.5. coming to the first question, it is necessary to refer to the relevant provisions of the act. section 9 of the act prescribes that no person shall hunt any wild animal specified in schedules i, ii, iii and iv except as provided under sections 11 and 12. common indian hare is .....

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May 14 1999 (HC)

Sri Satyabrata Majhi Vs. State of Orissa

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 2000(I)OLR230

..... section 51 of the wild life (protection) act. a report was also submitted to the d.f.o. (mangrove) wherein they alleged that the accused persons were found engaged in fishing 2 k.ms, away ..... the net along with the fishes. one of the turtles was dead. so they seized the trawler and the nets etc. for violation of section 9 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 and prepared the seizure list. they kept the seized articles in zima of one forest guard and prayed the court to proceed against the accused persons under ..... ) passed in the said proceeding on 11.2.1999 refusing to release the trawler of the petitioner seized in the aforesaid case for an offence under section 51 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972.2. the petitioner is the owner of the trawler named as 'mahapurusa' bearing registration no. ocm (t) 207 with ashok leyland engine no. a.l. 11799 .....

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Feb 08 2005 (HC)

Shri Aswini Kumar Patra Vs. State of Orissa

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 2005(I)OLR402

..... cr.p.c. to release the vehicle. this decision was rendered in connection with seizure of one indica car under section 39 of the wild life protection act and not under section 56 of the orissa forest act. section 39 of the wild life protection act lays down that when it is found that a vehicle has been used for committing an offence under the ..... act and has been seized under the provisions of the said act, the same shall be the property of the state government. in this decision the ..... acharya charan choudhury and ors., 70 (1990) clt 371 where it was held :'if the seizure is made under the provision of section 56 of the forest act and the property seized is produced before the divisional forest officer for initiation of a proceeding of confiscation, then merely because the factum of seizure is reported to the .....

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Dec 15 2004 (HC)

Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and anr. Vs. Sachala Majhi

Court : Orissa

Reported in : II(2005)ACC695; 2006ACJ1428; [2005(105)FLR47]; 2005(I)OLR137

..... code, 1979 as quoted in the judgment of the commissioner, workmen's compensation, the duty of a forest guard is to see that the provisions of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 and rules framed thereunder are observed and to put a stop to illegal shooting and trapping. he is also required to patrol the forest to prevent offences ..... show that he comes under the definition of 'workmen' under the amended provision and therefore the petition filed claiming compensation was not maintainable.6. after amendment of the act, the word 'forestry' has been inserted as item no. xxix in schedule-ii and prescribes that whoever is employed in horticulture operation, forestry, bee keeping or farming ..... the claimant, on the other hand, submitted that as per the decision of this court the deceased has to be treated as a workman as defined under the act and he having died in course of employment, his wife is entitled to the claim. in respect of the appeal filed by the claimant, learned counsel appearing .....

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Aug 14 2006 (HC)

Birendra Mohan Gouda Vs. State of Orissa

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 2006(II)OLR654

..... the petitioner.2. the moot question that needs determination in this case is whether a vehicle seized for alleged commission of an offence under the wild life protection (amendment) act, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') can be released in the zima of the owner thereof pending final decision in the case. in the present case a maruti esteem car ..... the forest range officer, town range, sambalpur for alleged commission of offence in contravention of section 9 read with sections 2(20)/39/40/51/(1) of the act. the fact of such seizure was reported to the sdjm, sambalpur on the basis of which the aforesaid complaint case was registered. the learned sdjm on being ..... concluded that a property seized in connection with alleged commission of an offence under the act becomes that of the state. in view of the aforesaid authoritative pronouncements, i do not find any hesitation to come to the conclusion that for protection of the value of a property seized it would be just and proper for the .....

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May 14 1998 (HC)

Centre for Environmental Law World Wide Fund for Nature (Wkf), India V ...

Court : Orissa

Reported in : AIR1999Ori15

..... love.' 3. article 48a in part iv (directive principles) of the constitution of india, 1950 brought by the constitution (42nd amendment) act, 1976, enjoins that 'translate shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wild life of the country.' article 47 further imposes the duty on the state to improve public health as its primary duty. article 51a ..... an operation of trawlers within the radius of 20 kms of the 'gahiramatha' area of 'bhitarkanika' wild life sanctuary (sea ward). as such, construction of jetties by no way infringes fishing regulation act as there was no proposal of fishing within the restricted area, as indicated in the act and adequate remedial and protective measures are being taken and will be taken to preserve and .....

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Nov 16 2010 (HC)

Sudarshan Gochhayat. Vs. State of OrissA.

Court : Orissa

..... affected. the action of the state government in acquiring lands is not only in contravention of the provisions of the wild life (protection) act but also air (prevention & control of pollution) act as well as water (prevention & control of pollution) act and environmental protection act of 1986. the wild animals in the sanctuary will adversely suffer and so also water and air pollution will be caused in that locality ..... forest, would it affect the ecology and environment in the locality?(b) if so, whether it amounts to violation of provisions of wild life (protection) act ; air (prevention & control of pollution) act as well as water (prevention & control of pollution) act, and environment protection act of 1986 and for this reason would it affect either the public interest or public injury or violation of rule of law?13 .....

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Nov 16 2010 (HC)

Jayaram SwaIn and ors.Vs. State of OrissA.

Court : Orissa

..... affected. the action of the state government in acquiring lands is not only in contravention of the provisions of the wild life (protection) act but also air (prevention & control of pollution) act as well as water (prevention & control of pollution) act and environmental protection act of 1986. the wild animals in the sanctuary will adversely suffer and so also water and air pollution will be caused in that locality ..... of forest, would it affect the and environment in the locality? (b) if so, whether it amounts to violation of provisions of wild life (protection) act ; air (prevention & control of pollution) act as well as water (prevention & control of pollution) act, and environment protection act of 1986 and for this reason would it affect either the public interest or public injury or violation of rule of law? 13 .....

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May 16 2014 (HC)

Charidesa Krusak Surakhya Sangh and Another Vs. State of Orissa and Ot ...

Court : Orissa

..... had obtained an environment clearance under the environment protection act on 18.02.2009, in terms of the direction of the hon ble apex court, since the site of the kvk thermal plant is within 10 kms. of the sanctuary boundary, without obtaining the clearance of the national wild life board, the kvk ought no.to be allowed ..... be started on non-forest land till approval of the central government for release of forest land under the act has been given. . 6 7. on behalf of the petitioner, it is further contended that the kapilash wild life sanctuary which was notified on 02.04.2011 is very close to the site of the thermal power ..... word forest must be understood according to its dictionary meaning. this description covers all statutorily recognized forests, whether designated as reserved, protected or otherwise for the purpose of /section 2(i) of the forest conservation act. . in the present case, entire mouza rahangol no.only ceased to be reserved forest but was also disforested (physically as .....

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