The Supreme Court (SC) has constituted an expert committee to balance the conservation and protection of the endangered Great Indian Bustard bird population.
Appointment
The Supreme Court (SC) has constituted an expert committee to balance the conservation and protection of the endangered Great Indian Bustard bird population. The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, appoints an expert committee to tackle the critical endangerment of the Great Indian Bustard. The court has sought a report from the committee by July and listed the matter for the second week of August 2024. The committee includes the Director, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun; Hari Shankar Singh, Member, the National Board for Wildlife; Niranjan Kumar Vasu, Ex-Principal Chief Conservator of Forest; B. Majumdar, former Chief Wildlife Warden and Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Maharashtra; and Devesh Gadhavi, Deputy Director, The Corbett Foundation, among others. The committee will determine the scope, feasibility and extent of overhead and underground electric lines in the area identified as priority area in the reports of the Wild Life Institute of India in the States of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Chief Justice of India- Dr Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud
HQ- New Delhi
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