{"id":57352,"date":"2019-08-29T17:21:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=57352"},"modified":"2019-08-29T17:21:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:51:30","slug":"hc-serves-notice-on-state-govt-over-wildlife-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-serves-notice-on-state-govt-over-wildlife-board","title":{"rendered":"HC serves notice on State Govt. over Wildlife Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-9-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" data-attachment-id=\"57353\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-serves-notice-on-state-govt-over-wildlife-board\/download-9-7\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-9-1.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"284,177\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download (9)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-9-1.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57353\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-9-1.jpg?resize=284%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-9-1.jpg?w=284&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/download-9-1.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a>The Madhya Pradesh HC has served a notice on the State govt over the constitution of the Wildlife Board after an animal rights activist filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition claiming that law has been violated by nominating persons with \u201cspecial interest in wildlife\u201d to the Board.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug 3, the State govt, under Section 6 (1) of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latestlaws.com\/bare-acts\/central-acts-rules\/environmental-laws\/wild-life-protection-act1972\/\">Wildlife (Protection) Act<\/a>, reconstituted the Board by nominating 30 members, with CM Kamal Nath as its Chairman &amp; Forest Minister (FM) Umang Singhar as Vice-Chairman(VC).<\/p>\n<p>Under the Section \u2018experts in the fields of environmentalism\/protection\u2019, the govt has nominated 4 out of 8 persons to the Board for their \u201cspecial interest in wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Public Interest Litigation(PIL) plea, filed by Bhopal-based Ajay Dubey, claimed that while resorting to \u201cnepotism, corruption &amp; favouritism\u201d to nominate such members, thereby violating the Act, the govt had \u201cdiluted\u201d the word \u2018eminent conservationist\u2019, as mentioned in the Act.<\/p>\n<p>According to Section 6 (e) of the Act, the State govts could nominate 10 persons to the Board from \u201camongst eminent conservationists, ecologists &amp; environmentalists including at least 2 representatives of the Scheduled Tribes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madhya Pradesh HC has served a notice on the State govt over the constitution of the Wildlife Board after an animal rights activist filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition claiming that law has been violated by nominating persons with \u201cspecial interest in wildlife\u201d to the Board. 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