Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 89 · Decided 13 February 2012
T.N. Godavarman Thirumalpad v. Union of India & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 89 · [2012] 1 S.C.R. 923
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 202/1995
- Decided
- 13 February 2012
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 51; Wild Life Protection Act
Headnote
C WILD LIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972: Object of its enactment - Discussed. s.2(27) - Whether sandalwood (Santa/um album Linn) D stated to be an endangered species, be declared as a "specified plant" within the meaning included in the Schedule VI of the Act - Held: Indian sandalwood (Santa/um album Linn) is not included in the species listed in Appendix-II of CITES, however red E sandalwood (Pterocarpus Santalinus) is seen included in Appendix-I/ - At the ~ame time International Union for Conservation of Nature
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