ISHWAR CHANDRA GUPTA vs STATE OF U.P.. — SLP(C) No. 9837 - 9838/2011

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Ishwar Chandra Gupta's special leave petitions challenging eviction orders from reserved forest land in Dudhwa National Park, U.P. The Court rejected his claim that protection under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 applied to him, finding he failed to demonstrate that three generations of his family had resided on the forest land prior to December 13, 2005. The Court granted four weeks for voluntary vacation and directed that if petitioners apply for market licenses to operate shops in notified areas, such representations be sympathetically considered. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.