Take Back Diverted Reserved Forest Land Within A Year: Top Court's Big Order | Read
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all states and union territories to constitute special investigation teams to examine if any reserved forest land in possession of the revenue department was allotted to any private parties for non-forestry purpose.
Noting the "glaring issue" in which a vast stretch of notified forest land was still in possession of the revenue department, the supreme court asked all the states and UTs to hand over possession of such lands to the forest department.
