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Forest Range Officer, Chungathara Ii Range Vs. Aboobacker and anr.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 1989CriLJ2038

..... be called a 'police officer' and a statement made to him will not be hit by section 25 of the evidence act'. neither the kerala forest act nor the wild life protection act conferred all the powers of police officers on the forest officers or wild life protection force even though some of the powers have been conferred on them to be exercised in specified contexts. it is therefore ..... officer,! who instituted the prosecution, has presented this appeal with special leave against the said acquittal hunting of wild animals is prohibited under section 9 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 (for short 'the act'). the trial magistrate who convicted the two respondents under section 51 of the act sentenced them to rigordus imprisonment for six months and a fine of rs. 500/- each being the .....

Centre for Environment Law, Wwf-i Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... various conventions including convention on biological diversity (cbd) and also for proper implementation of iucn, cites etc., and the provisions of the wild life (protection) act, bio-diversity act, forest conservation act etc. in the light of articles 48a and 51a(g), the government of india has laid down various policies and action plans ..... sansar chand v. state of rajasthan, (2010) 10 scc 604 held that all efforts must be made to implement the spirit and provisions of the wild life (protection) act, 1972; the provisions of which are salutary and are necessary to be implemented to maintain ecological chain and balance. the stockholm declaration, the declaration of ..... that no reliable information was furnished to support the view regarding adequacy of prey base at kuno. shri divan also referred to section 12 of the wild life (protection) act and submitted that the translocation should be to an alternative suitable habitat. kuno, according to the learned senior counsel, is not a suitable .....

Centre for Envir. Law, Wwf-i Vs. U O I and ors

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... various conventions including convention on biological diversity (cbd) and also for proper implementation of iucn, cites etc., and the provisions of the wild life (protection) act, bio-diversity act, forest conservation act etc. in the light of articles 48a and 51a(g), the government of india has laid down various policies and action plans ..... chand v. state of rajasthan, (2010) 10 scc 60.held that all efforts must be made to implement the spirit and provisions of the wild life (protection) act, 1972; the provisions of which are salutary and are necessary to be implemented to maintain ecological chain and balance. the stockholm declaration, the declaration ..... that no reliable information was furnished to support the view regarding adequacy of prey base at kunot shri divan also referred to section 12 of the wild life (protection) act and submitted that the translocation should be to an alternative suitable habitat . kunot according to the learned senior counsel, is not a suitable habitat .....

Sri Satyabrata Majhi Vs. State of Orissa

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 2000(I)OLR230

..... section 51 of the wild life (protection) act. a report was also submitted to the d.f.o. (mangrove) wherein they alleged that the accused persons were found engaged in fishing 2 k.ms, away ..... the net along with the fishes. one of the turtles was dead. so they seized the trawler and the nets etc. for violation of section 9 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 and prepared the seizure list. they kept the seized articles in zima of one forest guard and prayed the court to proceed against the accused persons under ..... ) passed in the said proceeding on 11.2.1999 refusing to release the trawler of the petitioner seized in the aforesaid case for an offence under section 51 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972.2. the petitioner is the owner of the trawler named as 'mahapurusa' bearing registration no. ocm (t) 207 with ashok leyland engine no. a.l. 11799 .....

Soman Vs. the Forest Range Officer

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2008CriLJ3418; 2008(2)KLJ544

..... squirrel which is also known as the malabar giant squirrel. entry id in schedule ii of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 pertains to giant squirrels (raufa macroura, ratufa indica, ratufa bicolor). section 9 of the wild life (protection) act prohibits hunting of any wild animal specified in schedules i, ii, iii and iv except as provided under sections 11 and 12 ..... of the judicial first class magistrate, palakkad for an offence punishable under section 51 r/w section 9(2) of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 and section 27(2)(c) of the kerala forest act, 1961, challenges the conviction entered and the sentence passed against him by the courts below for the offence punishable under section ..... pay the fine, to suffer simple imprisonment for two weeks under section 51 r/w section 9(2) of the wild life (protection) act. with regard to the charge under section 27(2)(c) of the kerala forest act, he was acquitted. on appeal preferred by the revision petitioner as crl. appeal no. 163 of 1996 on .....

C. Sam Joseph Raj Vs. District Revenue Officer and Addl. Dist. Magistr ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 1998CriLJ3152

..... fruit bat heeded by the petitioner herein is not coming under the category of the 'vermin' found in schedule v of the act. further the contention of the petitioner herein that under section 9(2) of the wild life protection act, 1972, licence can be issued for hunting 'vermin' has also not at all been disputed by any of these respondents at ..... that from the very beginning, it is the case of the writ petitioner herein that section 9(2) of the wild life protection act, 1972 reads that licence can be issued for hunting 'vermin' as found in schedule v of the act. that being so, even though both the respondents have so far passed a number of orders in this regard, they ..... hunting of bats was not prohibited under section 9 of the wild life (protection) ac,u 1972 and the fruit bats, which the petitioner herein needs had been categorised as 'vermin' in schedule v of the act. further it is significant to state herein that section 13 of the arms act recognises a right of a citizen of india to have a .....

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 .....

Yogesh V. Brahmbhatt Vs. State of Gujarat

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : (2001)4GLR3022

..... authorities pursuant to applications made by sarpanchs as well as village people. our attention was invited by the petitioners to various provisions of wild life (protection) act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as `the act') and particularly to section 11 which prohibits hunting of wild animals specified in schedule i. the said section starts with non-obstante clause and enacts that 'notwithstanding anything contained in any other ..... observe whenever such occasion arises;15. in the facts and circumstances, we issue the following directions:(1) no wild animal specified in schedule i of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 shall be hunted or cause to be hunted unless such wild animal has become 'dangerous to human life' or is 'so disabled or diseased as to be beyond recovery'' ( section 11);(2) an order of hunting .....

Chief Forest Conservator (Wild Life) and ors. Vs. Nisar Khan

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2003SC1867; [2003(2)JCR161(SC)]; 2003(2)SCALE458; (2003)4SCC595; [2003]2SCR196; 2003(1)LC598(SC)

..... . before the high court, the contention of the respondent was that he had been dealing in birds of several varieties specified in the schedule iv appended to the wild life (protection) act 1972 (hereinafter called 'the act'); where for he had applied for an had been granted a licence which was valid upto 31st december, 1990. for renewal of the said licence for the year ..... government in exercise of its power conferred upon it under section 63 of the act made the wild life (transactions and texidermy) rules, 1973, providing for the mode and manner under which licence can be granted in terms of the act.18. the central government also made rules known as the wild life (protection) licensing (additional matters for consideration) rules, 1983; rule 3 whereof reads thus:'additional .....

Regional Deputy Director Vs. Zavaray S. Poonawala and Ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... for confiscation of the aforesaid trophy sought to be imported by it. the defence of respondent no.1 was that it is the chief wildlife warden under the wild life (protection) act, 1972, who was competent authority to grant the permission and respondent no.1 had the permission of the said authority granted to him vide letter dated 11.4.2002.9. ..... herein wanted to import into india a trophy of one stuffed leopard which he shot in zambia. leopard is a protected and prohibited specie under schedule i of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 and also under the convention of international trade on endangered species of wild fauna and flora (cites). therefore, requisite permission under the aforesaid provisions is needed to import such a trophy. respondent .....