Indian Forest Act, 1927

Act No. 16 of 1927 In force from 1927-09-21 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 88 sections

An Act to consolidate the law relating to forests, the transit of forest-produce and the duty leviable on timber and other forest-produce.

32 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Rohan Vijay Nahar & Ors. v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
  2025 INSC 12967 November 2025Appeal(s) allowed

  Matter pertains to sustainability of the order passed by the High Court in batch of writ petitions wherein the landholders questioned the legality of revenue annotations and mutation entries that described their lands as affected…

• IN RE: ZUDPI JUNGLE LANDS versus
  2025 INSC 75422 May 2025Disposed of

  Issue pertains to the status of Zudpi Jungle or Zudpi Forest in the six districts of State of Maharashtra; and whether the recommendations made by the CEC in its 2025 Report should be accepted or not.

• T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Others
  2024 INSC 5924 January 2024Dismissed

  Matter pertains to criteria issued for the identification of private ‘forest’ land in the State of Goa.

• Gali Janardhan Reddy v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
  2022 INSC 105910 October 2022Disposed of
• Narinder Singh & Ors. v. Divesh Bhutani & Ors.
  2022 INSC 73721 July 2022Disposed of
• M/S. Soorajmull Nagarmull v. Sri Brijesh Mehrotra & Ors.
  2021 INSC 88914 December 2021Dismissed
• Prabhagiya Van Adhikari Awadh Van Prabhag v. Arun Kumar Bhardwaj (Dead) Thr. Lrs. & Ors.
  2021 INSC 6155 October 2021Appeal(s) allowed
• Hospitality Association of Mudumalai v. In Defence of Environment and Animals and Ors. Etc.
  2020 INSC 59714 October 2020Disposed of
• Hanuman Laxman Aroskar v. Union of India
  2019 INSC 43429 March 2019Disposed of
• The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Uday Singh
  2019 INSC 40126 March 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Uttarakhand & Ors. v. M/S. Kumaon Stone Crusher
  2017 INSC 91215 September 2017Disposed of
• T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India & Ors.
  2014 INSC 18212 March 2014Disposed of
• Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
  2014 INSC 6830 January 2014Appeal(s) allowed
• Rajiv Sarin & Anr. v. State of Uttarakhand & Ors.
  2011 INSC 5539 August 2011
• Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd. & Anr. v. Mathias Oram & Ors.
  2010 INSC 40919 July 2010Hearing Adjourned
• Mohd. Ashique v. State of Maharashtra
  2008 INSC 131018 November 2008Dismissed
• State of West Bengal and Anr. v. Mahua Sarkar
  2008 INSC 26527 February 2008Partly allowed
• Gopal Singh v. State Cadre Forest Officers Association and Ors.
  2007 INSC 57515 May 2007Dismissed
• State of Jharkhand and Anr. v. Govind Singh
  2004 INSC 6923 December 2004Appeal(s) allowed
• State of M.P. v. S.P. Sales Agencies and Ors.
  2004 INSC 21729 March 2004Dismissed
• State of Himachal Pradesh v. Dhanwant Singh
  2004 INSC 10412 February 2004Partly allowed
• State of West Bengal and Ors. v. Sujit Kumar Rana
  2004 INSC 4520 January 2004Appeal(s) allowed
• The State of Bihar and Anr. v. Kedar Sao and Anr.
  2003 INSC 41925 August 2003Partly allowed
• State of U.P. and Ors. v. M/S. Sitapur Packing Wood Suppliers Etc.
  2002 INSC 21923 April 2002Appeal(s) allowed
• Chintamani Gajanan Velkar v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
  2000 INSC 451 February 2000Appeal disposed of.
• State of Tripura and Ors. v. Sudhir Ranjan Nath
  1997 INSC 14013 February 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Madhya Pradesh v. Swaropchandra
  1996 INSC 110024 September 1996Dismissed
• Suresh Lohiya v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
  1996 INSC 92923 August 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Bihar and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Ranchi Timber Traders Association
  1996 INSC 77223 July 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• State of U.P. v. Dy. Director of Consolidation and Ors.
  1996 INSC 6968 July 1996Appeal(s) allowed
• Banwasi Seva Ashram v. State of U.P.
  1991 INSC 1746 August 1991Disposed of
• Raj Kumar Rajinder Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh and Others
  1990 INSC 20920 July 1990Appeal(s) allowed