Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Section 29 Indian Forests Act, 1927 | Private Land Cannot Be Declared Protected Forest Without Government Ownership: Bombay HC
Bombay High Court rules that private lands cannot be notified as 'protected forests' under Section 29 of the Indian Forests Act, 1927, unless they are government-owned or subject to government proprietary rights. The judgment quashes notifications issued without prior inquiry into ownership, reinforcing landowners' rights against arbitrary state declarations.