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

Pays/Territoire
Sri Lanka
Type de cour
Autres
Date
Déc 17, 1996
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Juge
Ranaraja
Numéro de référence
C.A. Application No. 137/96
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes
Mot clé
Faune sauvage
Résumé
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.
Texte intégral
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