Landmark case · Land Laws · Semester 4

Orissa Mining Corporation Ltd. v. Ministry of Environment and Forests

(2013) 6 SCC 476 · Supreme Court of India

Gram sabha consent under the Forest Rights Act was essential before bauxite mining on Niyamgiri could proceed.

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Related sections:

Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, 3 — Forest rights
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, 4 — Recognition of, and vesting of, forest rights
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, 5 — Duties of holders of forest rights
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, 6 — Authorities to vest forest rights