HC directs Tamil Nadu forensic dept to assist SIT (Chennai)
DT Next
August 2, 2022
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the state forensic sciences
department to assist the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which is probing
cases related to forest offences and elephant poaching.
The special bench, consisting of Justice N Sathish Kumar and Justice D
Bharatha Chakravarthy, hearing forest and wildlife cases passed the
direction on hearing a batch of petitions filed to prevent forest offences
and elephant poaching.
The SIT filed a counter before the bench explaining that they have taken
about 10 cases regarding elephant poaching.
The SIT further sought the court to pass a direction to the forensic
sciences department to provide technical support to them in dealing with
the elephant poaching cases.
The SIT also apprised the court that a few cases are falling under the
jurisdiction of Karnataka and pleaded before the judges to appoint
authorities in Karnataka as the nodal officers to crack the elephant
poaching cases.
Recording the submissions, the judges arrayed the principal secretary to
state forest and environment department as a respondent.
The court passed orders to the state forensic sciences department to extend
their technical support to the SIT at free of cost.
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