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Cut a tree without permission of panchayat what action can be taken


03-Jun-2023 (In Civil Law)
Hello sir i have cut tree in front of my row house which's roots are damaging my home. so we have cut the same our grampanchayat sarpanch informed us since you hv cutted without our permission so now it will have police complaint & all....Is it so ? what action i should take...
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According to the Indian Forest Act, each state has laid down its own rules and regulations against falling of trees. Penalty for cutting down a tree without permission is Rs.10,000 or 3 months imprisonment. 

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