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Jul 30 2001 (HC)

Dr. T. Patanjali Sastry, President, Environment Centre Vs. Chairman, A ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2001(5)ALT315

..... habitations and their maintenances by providing sufficient number of vents for the roads existing at the time of notification of kolleru wild life sanctuary u/s 18 of wild life (protection) act, 1972 without permitting new roads and culverts;(7) right to maintain existing water courses and drains necessary to avert submersion ..... of notification, fishing in traditional method is permitted without causing environment hazard till the government acquires such private lands under the provisions of the wild life protection act. the right to do traditional agriculture without using pesticides and chemicals is also permitted. the encroachment activities are directed to be removed forthwith. ..... society, sanjaya gandi fishermen co-operative society, srungavarappadu of krishna district will be cancelled. the claimants are not entitled to any compensation under wild life (protection) act, 1972 as they were assigned the lands by the government on free of land value;(11) d-form pattas to the extent of ac .....

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Dec 11 1996 (SC)

S. Jagannath Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1997SC811; 1997(1)Crimes189(SC); JT1997(1)SC160; 1997(5)SCALE406; (1997)2SCC87; [1996]Supp9SCR848

..... statutory provisions which require them to obtain the necessary consent/authorisation from the concerned pollution control boards.39. there are other legislations like fisheries act, 1897, wild life protection act, 1972 and forest conservation act, 1980 which contain useful provisions for environment protection and pollution control. unfortunately, the authorities responsible for the implementation of various statutory provisions are wholly re-miss in the performance of their duties ..... country'. article 51a of the constitution imposes as one of the fundamental duties on every citizen, the duty to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life and to have compassion for living creatures. the environment (protection) act, 1986 (the act) was enacted as a result of the decisions taken at the united nations conference on the human environment held at .....

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Sep 20 2001 (HC)

Sheikh Tausif Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh and anr.

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : 2002CriLJ1562; 2002(1)MPHT61; 2002(1)MPLJ263

..... criminal case for offence under sections 2, 9, 27, 29, 35(6), 43(3), 46(a), 51 and 52 of the wild life (protection) act and sections 26 and 52 of the indian forest act has been registered against abdul waheed ansari and babulal on the allegations that they were fishing in the reservoir of pench national park, chhindwara ..... l. kochar, learned counsel for the petitioner that the provisions of the indian forest act as amended by the m.p. act (for short the 'forest act') are not applicable in the present case as the provisions of wild life (protection) act, 1972 (for short the 'act of 1972') are applicable because the alleged fishing was performed within the area of pench ..... produce and therefore the jeep can be construed to have been seized not under section 52 of the forest act as applicable in the state of madhya pradesh but under section 39(1)(d) of the wild life (protection) act, 1972. consequently the trial court has jurisdiction to consider the application for the release of the vehicle on .....

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Jul 27 2022 (SC)

Vijay Madanlal Choudhary Vs. Union Of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... entitled to possess the same. 30 contravention of any condition of a licence or any provisions of the arms act, 1959 or any rule made thereunder. paragraph6offences under the wild life (protection) act, 1972 (53 of 1972) section description of offence 51 read with hunting of wild animals. section 9 51 read with contravention of provisions of section 17a section 17a relating to prohibition of picking ..... of crime linked to concerned offences and yet another added recently in 2016, such as: a) the forfeiture act, 1857 [repealed in 1922].; b) the criminal law amendment ordinance, 1944; c) the unlawful activities (prevention) act, 1967 [chapter v (inserted in 2013)].; d) the wild life (protection) act, 1972 [chapter via inserted in 2003].; 236 e) the code of criminal procedure, 1973 [chapter xxxiv disposal of .....

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Sep 11 2008 (HC)

Rekhchand Son of Ayodhya Dehariya Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh Through ...

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : 2008(4)MPHT464

..... 1997, passed by judicial magistrate first class, amarwada in criminal case no. 457/1995, convicting the applicant under section 9 and 49a read with section 51 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 and sentencing him to rigorous imprisonment for one year with fine of rs. 5000/-.2. according to prosecution, on 29.1.1995, k.p. dhurve, ..... . p/2. after obtaining the opinion from dr. s.r. suryawanshi, he registered a case under section 9, 49a read with section 51 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 (for brevity 'the act') against him and after investigation, filed charge sheet in the court. 23. learned trial court, relying on the evidence of dr.s.r. suryawanshi (pw ..... or trophy made therefrom and snake venom or its derivative];(c) specified date' means-(i) in relation to a scheduled animal on the commencement of the wild life (protection) (amendment) act, 1986, the date of expiry of two months from such commencement;(ii) in relation to any animal added or transferred to schedule i or part ii .....

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Aug 27 2003 (SC)

Indian Handicrafts Emporium and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2003SC3240; 2003(5)ALD39(SC); 106(2003)DLT350(SC); JT2003(7)SC446; 2003(6)SCALE831; (2003)7SCC589

..... newly added provision section 40a or that the said section discriminates individual owners and traders is ill-founded.83. at the time of passing of the main wild life protection act in 1972, there were two categories of persons who could be in possession of animal articles, etc. namely (a) individual (non-traders) - who ..... reasonable as a trader was given sufficient time to dispose of all the articles in his possession.12. drawing our attention to the provisions of the wild life (protection) act, 1972, mr. malhotra would submit that the trade and possession of ivory having been totally prohibited. even non-traders are not entitled to possess the ..... had legally been made as there did not exist any restriction in that regard. 2. the wild life (protection) act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as 'the said act' for the sake of brevity) was enacted to provide for the protection of wild animals, birds and plants and for matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto or incidental therewith. indian .....

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Jul 13 2000 (HC)

Halar Utkarsh Samiti Through Prakash H. Doshi Vs. State of Gujarat Thr ...

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : (2001)2GLR964

..... india on 9th september 1972 which is known as the wild life (protection) act, 1972. a reference may be made to the following amending acts : 1. the constitution (forty-second amendment) act, 1976. 2. the wild life (protection) (amendment) act, 1982 (xxiii of 1982). 3. the wild life (protection) (amendment) act, 1986 (xxviii of 1986). 4. the wild life (protection) (amendment) act, 1991 (xxxxiv of 1991). 5. the wild life (protection) (amendment) act, 1993 (xxvi of 1993). the relevant rules with regard ..... meaning of section 2(26) of the wild life (protection) act, 1972. the wild life (protection) act, 1972 is an act to provide for the protection of wild animals, birds and plants and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto. as the very object and nomenclature of the act shows, the act is for the protection of wild life. the concept and theme of the protection of wild life is a fibre which runs throughout the provisions .....

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Mar 05 1997 (SC)

Animal and Environment Legal Defence Fund Vs. Union of India and Other ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1997SC1071; JT1997(3)SC298; 1997(2)SCALE493; (1997)3SCC549; [1997]2SCR728

..... section 35(1) by the notification of 1.3.1983. apparently no one lodged any claim. the collector issued a final order under section 24 of the wild life (protection) act, on 28.8.1986.7. the collector, chhindwara similarly issued a proclamation under sections 19 and 21 inviting claims. as no claims were received, a final ..... chhindwara. on such declaration, the collecter of the concerned district is required under section 19 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 to enquire into and determine the existence, nature and extent of the rights of any person in or over the land comprised within the limits of ..... by notification no. 5/15/82-10/77 dated 1.3.1983 the government of madhya pradesh forest department declared its intention under section 35(1) of the wild life (protection) act, 1972, to constitute the areas specified therein as a national park. the area of pench national park so notified was within the two districts of seoni and .....

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Mar 09 1994 (HC)

Consumer Action Group Represented by Its Trustee Vs. the Union of Indi ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1994)1MLJ481

..... declaring the area as a forest area or a sanctuary. therefore, it cannot be contended that the respondents have violated any of the notifications under the wild life protection act or the forest conservation act, 1980.15. while paying homage and deliberating on the centenary celebration of dr. ambedkar, it is but proper that we begin with a reference to ..... by survey of india with copy rights reserved in favour of the government of india, prepared in the year 1970 shows that the entire area notified under the wild life (protection act as the area closed to hunting, is nothing but the adyar river estuary. in fact the backwaters from the mouth of adyar river is supposed to enter the ..... that their interest in maintaining the ecology and environment of the area. a large extent of 4.3 square kilometres has been declared under section 37 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 as being an area closed to hunting for a period of five years from 13.5.1992. this area is right from the adyar river on .....

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Jul 09 2001 (HC)

State of Maharashtra Vs. Gajanan D. Jambhulkar

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2002BomCR(Cri)71; 2002CriLJ349

..... we do not propose to dilate on these two sections of the wild life protection act.8. the offences under the wild life protection act are indeed serious. protection of wild life is a fundamental duty of every citizen and the act casts an obligation on every citizen to protect wild life. entry at item no. 2 of part i of the first schedule ..... magistrate called for the report from the ramtek police and curiously no report or say was called from the authorities under the wild life (protection) act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as 'the wild life protection act' for the sake of brevity). be that as it may, the learned magistrate, by his order dated 18-5-1998, ..... and co-accused, being vested with powers of investigation and prosecution of the offenders under the wild life (protection) act. he, therefore, states that the petitioner intends to file a complaint under the provisions of the wild life (protection) act. it is needless to mention that in the event the petitioner files such a complaint, the .....

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