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Justice Gavai's Bench Expresses Concerns About Possibility Of Conflicting Orders After CJI- Bench's Direction On Zoos Within Forests

Earlier this week, a Supreme Court bench led by the Chief Justice of India passed an interim order that zoos/safaris should not be allowed within forest areas without prior obtaining prior permission from the Court.However, another bench led by Justice BR Gavai had earlier reserved judgment on the very same issue. Earlier this week, a Supreme Court bench led by the Chief Justice of India passed an interim order that zoos/safaris should not be allowed within forest areas without prior obtaining prior permission from the Court. But my lords the First Court said that as an interim order any permissions should first come to this court Justice Gavai: It should not unnecessarily lead to some conflicting order ASG Bhati then clarified that it was only an interim order passed by the CJI's bench. The 'TN Godavarman' matter, an omnibus forest protection matter in which the top court issued the longest-standing continuing mandamus in the field of environmental litigation, is being handled by the bench led by Justice Gavai.

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