Supreme Court of India
In Re : T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered view that the State cannot run away from its responsibilities to restore the damage done to the forest.
Judgment, page 103
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration The issues were : (i) Whether Tiger Safaris and Zoos are on the same footing; (ii) Whether establishment of a ‘Tiger Safari’ at Pakhrau in Corbett Tiger reserve was legal; (iii) Illegal construction in Corbett Tiger reserve and illegal felling of trees for the said purpose; (iv) ‘Public Trust’ Doctrine and (v) Principle of Ecological Restitution. Headnotes Wildlife Protection – ‘Tiger Reserve’ – Management and protection of – Whether ‘zoo’ as defined u/s.2(39) and dealt with under Chapter IVA of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and ‘Tiger Safaris’ as conceptualized
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