New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has allowed the Union Government to go ahead with its amnesty scheme to protect owners and possessors of exotic animals and birds from prosecution, if they make the voluntary disclosure about it.
A Bench, presided over by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice S.A. Bobde, upheld the Allahabad High Court judgement, which held that nobody can be prosecuted upon declaration of acquisition or possession of exotic wildlife species between June and December, under the amnesty scheme.
