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Forest Resources — Environmental Cases

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Environmental Cases

T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad vs. Union of India

1996

This landmark Supreme Court judgment fundamentally redefined 'forest' to include any area recorded as forest in government records, irrespective of its actual tree cover. It…

Orissa Mining Corporation Ltd. vs. Ministry of Environment & Forest and Others

2013

This case centered on the proposed bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri Hills, a sacred site for the Dongria Kondh tribe in Odisha. The Supreme Court upheld the rights of the Gram…

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