Saturday 26 May 2012

Supreme Court directed Closure of all Unauthorized Sandalwood Oil Factories in India

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.

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