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May 20 2011 (SC)

Rangku Dutta @ Ranjan Kumar Dutta Vs. State of Assam

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... , 1908, section 77 of the railways act, 1890; section 15 of the bombay rent act, 1947; section 213 of the succession act, 1925; section 5-a of the prevention of corruption act, 1947; section 7 of the stamp act, 1899; section 108 of the companies act, 1956; section 20(1) of the prevention of food adulteration act, 1954; section 55 of the wild life protection act, 1972, the proviso to section ..... 33(2)(b) of the industrial disputes act, 1947 (as amended .....

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Feb 07 2018 (SC)

The Goa Foundation Vs. M/S Sesa Sterlite Ltd. And Ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... of obtaining approval of the standing committee of the nbwl under the w.l. (p) act 1972 [wild life (protection) act]. has not been complied with in 123 cases where the distances are less than 10 km from the nearest pa [protected area].. in respect of 10 cases approval of the standing committee of the nbwl is not ..... of iron ore and manganese ore in different states in contravention of the provisions of the mines and minerals (development and regulation) act, 1957 (the mmdr act), the forest (conservation) act, 1980, the environment (protection) act, 1986 and other rules and guidelines s.l.p. (c) no.32138 of 2015 etc. page 2 of 101 issued on ..... : (a) to examine the information/documents submitted by each of the 139 project proponents in response to aforesaid direction dated 14th september, 2012 under environment (protection) act, 1986 for keeping environment clearance in abeyance and making case-by- case recommendations to the moef;2 xxx xxx xxx to evaluate status of compliance with respect .....

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Oct 11 1991 (SC)

Tarun Bharat Sangh, Alwar Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1992SC514b

..... declaring the area as a game reserve under the rajasthan wild animals and birds protection act, 1951; or the declaration of the area as a sanctuary under the wild life (protection) act, 1972 and the notification dated 1-1-1975 declaring the area as a protected forest under the rajasthan forest act, 1953 is to protect the forest wealth and wild life of the area. it is, indeed, odd that the state ..... area is also notified pursuant to the notification dated 1-1-1975, under sections 29 and 30 of the rajasthan forest act, 1953, as a reserved forest. the area is again declared as a sanctuary under section 35 of the wild life protection act, 1972. the direct effect of these, it is averred, is to impose restrictions on the carrying on of any activity in .....

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Feb 18 2003 (SC)

Chief Forest Conservator (Wild Life) and ors. Vs. Nisar Khan

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2003SC1867; [2003(2)JCR161(SC)]; 2003(2)SCALE458; (2003)4SCC595; [2003]2SCR196; 2003(1)LC598(SC)

..... . before the high court, the contention of the respondent was that he had been dealing in birds of several varieties specified in the schedule iv appended to the wild life (protection) act 1972 (hereinafter called 'the act'); where for he had applied for an had been granted a licence which was valid upto 31st december, 1990. for renewal of the said licence for the year ..... government in exercise of its power conferred upon it under section 63 of the act made the wild life (transactions and texidermy) rules, 1973, providing for the mode and manner under which licence can be granted in terms of the act.18. the central government also made rules known as the wild life (protection) licensing (additional matters for consideration) rules, 1983; rule 3 whereof reads thus:'additional .....

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Oct 26 2005 (SC)

State of Gujarat Vs. Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2006SC212; (2006)1GLR294; [2006(2)JCR272(SC)]; JT2005(12)SC580; RLW2006(1)SC705; 2005(8)SCALE661; (2005)8SCC534; 2006(1)LC240(SC)

..... for the simple reason that the three are inter-related. protection and improvement of environment is necessary for safeguarding forests and wild life, which in turn protects and improves the environment. forests and wild life are clearly inter-related and inter-dependent. they protect each other.cow progeny excreta is scientifically recognized as a source ..... , of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.48-a. protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wild life.--the state shall endeavor to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wild life of the country.51-a. fundamental duties.--it shall be the duty of ..... citizen of india-- (g) to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures;' articles 48-a and 51-a have been introduced into the body of the constitution by the constitution (forty-second amendment) act, 1976 with effect from 3.1 .....

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Mar 06 1998 (SC)

Palani Ammal Vs. Viswanatha Chettiar (Dead) and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1998SC1309; JT1998(2)SC457; 1998(2)SCALE300; (1998)3SCC654; [1998]2SCR212

..... the learned judges in those two cases were not dealing with any situation wherein the tenant had denied the title of the landlord and still sought protection of the protection act. such a situation did arise for consideration before ratnam, j, whose decision, as we have seen above, cannot be said to be laying down ..... along with the additional written statement dated 03rd december 1983 the defendant also filed an application under section 9 of the madras city tenants' protection act, 1921, hereinafter referred to as the 'protection act' for the sake of brevity. invoking the said provision it was contended by the defendant that she was entitled to purchase the suit ..... connection relied upon the two earlier division bench judgments of the same high court, as mentioned above. in our view, on the scheme of the protection act which we have considered the aforesaid conclusion to which the division bench reached is quite justified and well sustained. however learned senior counsel for the defendant .....

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Apr 15 2013 (SC)

Centre for Envir. Law, Wwf-i Vs. U O I and ors

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... various conventions including convention on biological diversity (cbd) and also for proper implementation of iucn, cites etc., and the provisions of the wild life (protection) act, bio-diversity act, forest conservation act etc. in the light of articles 48a and 51a(g), the government of india has laid down various policies and action plans ..... chand v. state of rajasthan, (2010) 10 scc 60.held that all efforts must be made to implement the spirit and provisions of the wild life (protection) act, 1972; the provisions of which are salutary and are necessary to be implemented to maintain ecological chain and balance. the stockholm declaration, the declaration ..... that no reliable information was furnished to support the view regarding adequacy of prey base at kunot shri divan also referred to section 12 of the wild life (protection) act and submitted that the translocation should be to an alternative suitable habitat . kunot according to the learned senior counsel, is not a suitable habitat .....

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Mar 06 2024 (SC)

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

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... the rawasana sonanadi corridor in the lansdowne forest division. the 17 construction of tiger safari would lead to habitat fragmentation. (ii) that, under section 38v of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as wlp act ), the state government, on the recommendations of the tiger conservation authority, is required to notify an area as a tiger reserve. it is also required to prepare ..... authority of : open forest pccf : principal chief conservator of forests sc, nbwl : standing committee of national board for wild life sop : standard operating procedure sq.km. : square kilometer tcp : tiger conservation plan ( tcp vdf : very dense forest wii : wildlife institute of india wlp act : wild life (protection) act, 1972 2 judgment b.r. gavai, j. the tiger perishes without the forest and the forest perishes without its .....

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Jul 12 2022 (SC)

State Of U.p. Vs. Anand Engineering College

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... petitioners to show cause as to why the damages may not be imposed or for any violation of any of the provisions of the wild life (protection) act and/or the environmental protection act and/or any other law. neither the respondent was given any opportunity of hearing by the authorities concerned. there was no material ..... has to initiate appropriate proceedings before 7 the appropriate court/forum to determine/ascertain the damages. however, straightway in exercise of powers under section 33 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972, the authority could not have imposed damages.6. be that as it may, as observed hereinabove, before imposing damages of rs. 10,00,00 ..... high court has allowed the aforesaid two writ petitions and set aside the order/notice imposing damages of rupees ten crores, by holding that under the wild life (protection) act, 1972, the forest department/ state has no jurisdiction and/or authority to impose damages. the high court has also observed that imposing damages of .....

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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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