https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304590 Where a special mechanism exists under Chapter II of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 for inquiry and determination of rights in notified forest land, civil court jurisdiction is excluded by necessary implication when the dispute concerns the applicability and extent of rights in that notified area. The court held that the forest notification and connected records brought the land within the statutory scheme, and the absence of individual Khasra numbers did not invalidate the notification where the boundaries were otherwise clearly described. The suit was therefore not maintainable in civil court, and the decrees of the courts below were set aside as beyond jurisdiction. en-us Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 08 Oct 2022 12:52:15 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304590 Where a special mechanism exists under Chapter II of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 for inquiry and determination of rights in notified forest land, civil court jurisdiction is excluded by necessary implication when the dispute concerns the applicability and extent of rights in that notified area. The court held that the forest notification and connected records brought the land within the statutory scheme, and the absence of individual Khasra numbers did not invalidate the notification where the boundaries were otherwise clearly described. The suit was therefore not maintainable in civil court, and the decrees of the courts below were set aside as beyond jurisdiction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304590