The question (15 marks)
Explain the scheme of the Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972. Deal with the definition of hunting, the prohibition and its exceptions, the protection of specified plants and of protected areas, and the graded penalties under the Act. (15 marks)
MU Module IV, the Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972; pack ch. 12 and case brief 17.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 4 · Tribunal, Wildlife and Rules of Environmental Laws.
Authorities you will need
- Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972, ss. 2, 9, 11, 12, 17A, 18, 35, 37, 38, 50 and 51, with Chapter VA and s. 38J
- Sansar Chand v State of Rajasthan
- Constitution of India, Arts. 48A and 51A(g), identified in Sansar Chand as the constitutional purpose of the Act
- CITES and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, to both of which India is a signatory
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