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Reserved forests

Reserved forests, 'reserve forests' are those areas of forest land which are constituted as 'reserve forests' under Ch. II of the Act, Union of India v. Abdul Jalil, AIR 1965 SC 147: (1964) 8 SCR 158....


Reserve forest

Reserve forest, the forest declared to be reserved by the State Government under section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 or declared as such under any other State Act. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2(25B)]...


Forest

Forest [fr. foresta, Ital.], an incorporeal hereditament, being the right or franchise of keeping, for the purpose of venery and hunting, the wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, park, and warren (which means all animals pursued in field sports), in a certain teritory or precinct of woody ground and pasture set apart for the purpose, with laws and officers of its own, established for protection of the game, Manw. For. Laws.A tract of land, not necessarily wooded, reserved to king or a grantee, for hunting deer and other game, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 660.The Charta de Foresta, confirmed in Parliament, 9 Hen. 3, disafforested many forests unlawfully made. Some of the royal forests still exist, as the New Forest in Hampshire, and Windsor; they are now administered by the Commissioners of Crown Lands and Forestry Commission; see FORESTRY ACTS. A forest is, in general, a royal possession, though it is capable of being vested in a subject. A forest is a right which the owner ...


reserve

reserve re·served re·serv·ing : to keep back or set apart: as a : to keep (a right, power, or interest) esp. by express declaration [all rights reserved] compare waive b : to defer a determination of (a question of law) [the justices reserved the question because it was not an issue in the case] n 1 : something stored or kept available for future use [an energy company with various unproven oil s] 2 : an act of reserving 3 : money kept in a separate account to meet future liabilities legal reserve : the minimum amount as determined by government standards of the deposits held by a bank or of the assets of a life insurance company required by law to be kept as reserves loss reserve 1 : a reserve allocated by a bank for the purpose of absorbing losses [a loan loss reserve] 2 : an insurance company's reserve representing the discounted value of future payments to be made on losses which may have already occurred policy reserve : an insurance company's reserve r...


Reserve Forces

Reserve Forces. 1. Army.--The (English) Reserve Forces Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 48), repealing and consolidating the prior Acts on the subject, established an 'Army Reserve' and a 'Militia Reserve.' The 'Army Reserve' consists of time-expired regular soldiers who are on its strength by reason of the terms of their enlistment or by re-engagement. As to the present character of the Militia, see that title. The Reserve is further strengthened by the Territorial Army Reserve, consisting of a reserve division, and also by a body composed of owners of motor cars who are liable to military service in an emergency, and the Act has been applied to an Air Force Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force Reserve under 7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 51, and 14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 15, and S.R. & O. 1924 (Nos. 1212 and 1213) and 1934 (No. 592). By 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 37, the 'Territorial Force' which was provided for in the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 9), became the 'Territorial Army,' and the speci...


Reserve

Reserve, the term 'reserve' is not defined in the Act. The dictionary meaning of the word 'Reserve' is: To keep for future use or enjoyment; to store up for some time or occasion; to refrain from using or enjoying at once. To keep back or hold over to a later time or place or for further treatment. To set apart for some purpose or with some end in view; to keep for some use. To retain or preserve for certain purposes.' (Oxford Dictionary). In Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, page 2118, 'Reserve' is defined as follows:To keep in store for future or special use; to keep in reserve; to retain, to keep, as for oneself. To keep back; to retain or hold over to a future time or place. To preserve, Commissioner of Income Tax v. Century Spinning and Manufacturing Co., AIR 1953 SC 501: (1954) SCR 203.(ii) As to what the word 'Reserves' as used in the Business Profits Tax Act connotes, was considered by this Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Century Spinning & Manufact...


Forest land

Forest land, without evidence to show that forest land had been cleared and prepared or earmarked for agricultural purposes, it must be treated as prima facie non-agricultural land, Controller of Estate Duty v. V. Venugopala Varma Rajah, AIR 1977 SC 121: (1976) 4 SCC 3: (1977) 1 SCR 346.The term 'forest land', occurring in s. 2, will not only include 'forest' as understood in the dictionary sense, but also any area recorded as forest in the Government record irrespective of the ownership, T.N. Godavarman v. Union of India, AIR 1997 SC 1228 (1230). [Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, s. 2]See also W.L. Wadhera v. Union of India, (2002) 9 SCC 108: AIR 2002 SC 1913.The expression 'forest land' should be given an extended meaning to cover a track of land covered with trees, shrubs, vegetation and undergrowth under mingled with trees with pastures, be it of natural growth or man made forestation. Samatha v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1997 SC 3297 (3380). [Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, s....


Forest Courts

Forest Courts, fallen into absolute desuetude. They were instituted for the government of the royal forests in different parts of the kingdom, and for the punishment of all injuries done to the deer or venison, to the vert or greensward, and to the covert in which such deer were lodged. They consisted of the Courts of attachments, regard, sweinmote, and justice-seat. The Court of attachments, woodmote, or forty days' Court, was held before the verderers of the forest once in every forty days, to inquire into all offences against vert and venison. The Court of regard, or survey of dogs, held every third year, for the expeditation of mastiffs. The Court of sweinmote, held before the verderers thrice in every year, the sweins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury. It inquired into the oppressions and grievances committed by the officers of the forest, and tied presentments certified from the Court of attachments against offences in vert and venison. The Court of justice-seat...


Reserve and provision

Reserve and provision, the expression 'reserve' has not been defined in the Act and therefore one would be inclined to resort to its ordinary natural meaning as given in the dictionary but it seems to us that the dictionary meaning, though useful in itself, may not be sufficient, for, the dictionaries do not make any distinction between the two concepts 'reserve' and 'provision' which giving their primary meanings, whereas in the context of the legislation with which we are concerned in the case a clear distinction between the two is implied. According to the dictionaries (both Oxford and Webster) the applicable primary meaning of the word 'reserve' is: 'to keep for future use or enjoyment; to set apart for some propose or end in view; to keep in store for future or special use; to keep in reserve', while 'provision' according to Webster means: 'something provided for future'. In other words according to the dictionary meanings both the words are more or less synonymous and connote the...


Reserve Bank

Reserve Bank, means the Reserve Bank constituted under s. 3 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. [See Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, s. 3]Means the Reserve Bank of India constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934). [Madhya Pradesh Rajkoshiya Uttardayitva Avam Budget Praobandhan Adhiniyam, 2005, R. 2(h)]Means the Reserve Bank of India constituted under sub-s. (1) of s. 3 of the Act, 1934 (Act No. 2 of 1934), Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Market Act, 2005, s. 2(1).Means the Reserve Bank of India constituted under s. 3 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934), the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, s. 2(x)....


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