Apex court discharges contempt petition on Lion translocation

AHMEDABAD: The supreme court docket acting on a contempt petition filed by the Madhya Pradesh based flora and fauna activists Ajay Dubey discharged the petition after the Union minister of Forest and Environment confident the court docket that the 12-member committee, formed as according to apex court docket judgement of April 2013, will meet later this months and the minutes might be positioned before the court docket.

The Court in recognize to the Rajkot based NGO, Wildlife Conservation Trust which has moved the apex court docket difficult the translocation of Lion to Kuno Palpur from Gir has also asked the ministry of environment woodland and climate Change or even the Gujarat executive to report their reply.

Tushar Gokani, advocate for the WCT stated, "We had during the hearing in the apex court sought permission and the court had permitted the trust to file an impleadment application in the contempt petition which is going on in the apex court." The apex court docket on Thursday while listening to the matter asked the Union ministry and Gujarat woodland division to report the reply.

Gokani stated the Union ministry has placed on report that the committee has met six to seven occasions and they're assembly by March 13. Gokani additional stated that all through the listening to, one of the vital Judge remarked “We should be very careful in translocating the lions. All the facets should be totally examined.”

Meanwhile Varun Chopra who seemed on behalf of Ajay Dubey stated “The court docket after taking the observation of union ministry on report discharged the contempt petition however asked the petitioner to be present within the court docket all through the long run listening to.”