special Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, constituted to hear cases related to forests and wildlife, issued the direction after Special Government Pleader (Forests) T. Seenivasan told the court that steps were afoot to destroy the seized ivory in accordance with law.”

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Destroy ivory stocks only after taking samples for DNA tests, Madras High Court directs T.N. forest department
The court also ordered that all the details regarding the ivory stocks should be tabulated and submitted before it on January 23, 2026
Published – December 21, 2025 05:30 am IST – CHENNAI

MOHAMED IMRANULLAH S.



The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu forest department to destroy the ivory in its possession only after taking photographs; videograph; measuring the height, weight and circumference of the tusks; and after retaining samples of each and every piece for conducting DNA tests, if necessary.


A special Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, constituted to hear cases related to forests and wildlife, issued the direction after Special Government Pleader (Forests) T. Seenivasan told the court that steps were afoot to destroy the seized ivory in accordance with law.”
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