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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding death of elephants because of railway accidents, 02/09/2014 [1]


The environment ministry has been pulled by the Supreme Court for not taking steps to stop casualty of elephants in train accidents. The apex court also condemned the decision of West Bengal government to sterilise elephants.

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Judgement Date: 
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Tags:
Elephant [12], Rail Transport [13], North East [14], Supreme Court [15], Endangered Species [16], Siliguri [17], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [18], Chapramari SA [19], Jaldapara SA [20], Karnataka [21], Orissa (Odisha) [22], Jharkhand [23], West Bengal [24]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/order-supreme-court-india-regarding-death-elephants-because-railway-accidents-02092014
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/report-karnataka-elephant-task-force-submitted-high-court-karnataka
[3] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/314053/gajah-securing-the-future-for-elephants-in-india-the-report-of-the-elephant-task-force/
[4] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/deadly-tracks
[5] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/case-study-elephant-deaths-due-passenger-trains-kerala-tamil-nadu-border-south-india
[6] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/landscapes-hope-conservation-tiger-rhino-and-asian-elephant
[7] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/flyover-underpass-elephants-supreme-court-snubs-solicitor-general
[8] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/speeding-train-kills-six-elephants-west-bengal
[9] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/radio-collars-elephants-forests-along-rail-tracks
[10] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/elephants-get-wider-passage
[11] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/2890/thesaurus/elephant/
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rail-transport
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-east
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/siliguri
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chapramari-sa
[20] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jaldapara-sa
[21] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[22] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[23] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[24] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal