Supreme Court asks NGOs to move High Court against declaring Nilgai as vermins

Posted by: 2016-07-16 03:25:23 ,
By Raj Kumar

Supreme Court on Friday asked an animal rights activist and NGOs to approach Delhi High Court with their plea for quashing of three notifications of the Centre declaring Nilgais, monkeys and wild boars as vermins.
A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and A M Khanwilkar said the High Court had the jurisdiction and could decide the issue at hand.
Senior advocate K K Venugopal said the three notifications by the Centre related to the states of Bihar, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and the apex court should hear the pleas.
?Delhi High Court very much has the jurisdiction and it can decide the issue. You move the High Court for the relief,? the bench said.
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