Forest Legislation In India----continuity Or Change ?

Forest Legislations in India since the time of British has always been a source of deprivation for a segment of the society.As a result ,these experience protests from the people at many times.Ignorance of the human aspects by the alien ruler was quite acceptable as they did not had any aim of welfare of the poor people of India.But when the same outcome has come from the own people,the conflicts has gained a new momentum.The paper is an attempt to analyse the nature of various forests legislation since the time of British along with the recent shift in legislations brought by the Indian government to mitigate the conflict.