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Writ Petition number 202 of 1995; Godavarman v the Union of India and others. This is the ‘forest case’ being heard in Supreme Court for the past seven years. With more than 800 interlocutory applications (ias) filed, the case will dictate the fate of India’s forests and an estimated 10 million indigenous tribal people who live in and off the forest. It has already produced several dramatic interim orders, the latest being in May 2002, when some state governments

Publication Date: 
14/01/2003
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Forests [3], Nilgiri [4], Deforestation [5], Timber Smuggling [6], Tribals [7], Conflicts [8], Elephant [9], Legislation [10], Supreme Court [11], High Court [12], Governance [13], India [14], Andamans [15], Andhra Pradesh [16], Assam [17], Orissa (Odisha) [18]

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