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Environmental Foundation Limited v. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, Minister of Public Administration and two others

País/Territorio
Sri Lanka
Tipo de la corte
Otros
Fecha
Dic 17, 1996
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Juez
Ranaraja
Número de referencia
C.A. Application No. 137/96
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Palabra clave
Fauna silvestre
Resumen
The petitioner filed an application for a writ of certiorari to squash an order of the Director of the Department of Wildlife Conservation permitting the display of 30 species of animals at a private zoo that was open to the public for a fee. The relevant section of the law allowed authorization to keep animals in a zoo for protection, preservation or propagation or for scientific study. The petitioner submitted that only a national zoo and not a private zoo could be granted such authorization so that the permit was void. The court held that it could not interfere with the minister’s legitimate exercise of his discretion and declined to grant the orders sought.
Texto completo
Nation.Deci._Vol_3=prelims.pdf
Disponible en
UNEP/UNDP/Dutch Government Joint Project on Environmental Law in Africa, Compendium of Judicial Decisions on Matters related to Environment, National Decisions, Volume III, Page 254