India, July 6 -- Maharashtra forest minister Ganesh Naik said the state government will file a review petition against the Supreme Court's verdict on the conservation of zudpi forest land. He made the announcement in the state assembly on Friday.

The review petition will be filed against an apex court's verdict, which directed that zudpi jungle land (shrub forest) in Vidarbha, in eastern Maharashtra, shall be considered forest land in line with an order of the court dated December 12, 1996. The current order was delivered on May 22.

In its 1996 order, the court had held that forest land as defined under Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980, would include not only forests as understood in the dictionary sense but any area reco...