August 1, 2024
Saket Gokhale’s supplementary question during Question Hour on the reason(s) the definition of forest in The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023 was expanded from that given in the Supreme Court of India’s 1996 judgment
Sir, this is following up from a conversation that happened in this House about two or three days ago with the hon. Minister dismissing something I had asked in a question. So, my question is very specific. Will the Minister answer whether it is true that the Supreme Court of India in February, 2024 passed an Interim order stating that the definition of ‘Forest’ will continue as per its 1996 judgement and not according to the Forest Conservation Amendment Act that was brought by this Government last year. If yes, what was the reason behind the Government choosing to change the definition and expand the definition of ‘Forest’ in the Forest Conservation Amendment Act which was brought in last year?
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