Establishing Of New Saw Mills In Forest Not Allowed : Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court last month upheld the Constitutional validity of the substituted sub rule 2A of Rule 163, of the Karnataka Forest Amendment Rules, 2013, thereby disallowing establishment of new saw mills or any other sawing contrivances within the limits of any reserved forest, protected forest or district forest. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice...