PIL Against Construction of 'Sainya Dham' War Memorial Dismissed, Land Not Found to Be Forest Land: Uttarakhand High Court
In a significant ruling, the Uttarakhand High Court clarified the application of the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 in land classification disputes. The case titled Vikesh Singh Negi versus State of Uttarakhand and Others was decided on 2 April 2026 by a Division Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari and Justice Subhash Upadhyay. The Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the construction of the ‘Sainya Dham’ war memorial in Dehradun.…