A court at Ghodegaon in Ambegaon taluka added an ‘eco-friendly’ punishment to the usual penal action on two persons for wildlife crimes. SA Muluk, Judicial Magistrate First Class, Ghodegaon in Ambegaon taluka, has directed the offender to build two waterholes for wild animals in a case of peafowl hunting. In another case of a forest fire offence, the offender was …
The Delhi High Court has halted felling of 60 year old Peepal tree in city's Inderpuri area on a letter petition by Senior Advocate N. HariharanHearing the urgent mentioning, Justice Rekha Palli observed that irreparable harm will be caused not only to the environment but also to the residents of the locality if the tree was permitted to be cut …