• COURTKerala High Court
• TITLE/CORAM S. RAVEENDRANATH PAI AND ORS v.STATE OF KERALA AND ORS HMJ C.S Sudha
  HMJ P.B Suresh Kumar
  MFA (EFL Act) No. 34 of 2011

The High Court has held that the land principally used for the cultivation of crops of long duration cannot be declared as ecologically fragile land under the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act even if it is encircled by vested forests. Facts: The court was adjudicating upon an appeal against the order of the Tribunal for Ecologically Fragile Lands Cases which upheld the government's declaration of 6.0720 hectares owned by the appellants as ecologically fragile land as per a notification issued under Section 4 of the Act.