forest department is all set to destroy 233 pieces of ivory in its possession today as per the orders passed by a special Division Bench

The Tamil Nadu forest department is all set to destroy 233 pieces of ivory in its possession today as per the orders passed by a special Division Bench of the #MadrasHighCourt constituted to hear forest and environment related cases. The Bench comprising Justices N. Sathish Kumar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy had ordered that the destruction process must be transparent and take place in the presence of a committee comprising amici curiae T. Mohan, Chevanan Mohan, Rahul Balaji, M. Santhanaraman, Special Government Pleader (Forests) T. Seenivasan, local Tahsildar, panchayat president and so on. The destruction is going to take place at an incinerator in Gummidipoondi, Tiruvallur district. @THChennai Backgrounder 👇