The Supreme Court of India on 15 February 2012 directed closure of all unauthorised sandalwood oil factories in the country and asked the Centre to formulate a suitable policy for conservation of sandalwood, particularly red sanders, which is said to be endangered and available only in India.
A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and C K Prasad ruled in a judgement that power is also vested with the central government to delete from the schedule if the situation improves and a species is later found to be not endangered. The bench passed the direction on an application moved by an NGO before the court-appointed Central Empowered Committee for closure of all sandalwood oil industries particularly in Kerala.
Comments
All Comments (0)
Join the conversation