India News: NEW DELHI: A day after Supreme Court's interim order directing that the Forest Conservation Act will apply to all forests including those as understoo.
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The Supreme Court on Monday (February 19) passed an interim order directing that States and Union Territories must act as per the definition of "forest" laid down in the 1996 judgment in T.N.
The 1996 verdict protects vast tracts of eco-sensitive and Adivasi lands, even if they are not formally classified as a ‘forest’ in revenue records.