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Vantara case: In a massive relief for Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani’s son Anant Ambani, the Supreme Court on Monday accepted the findings of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which probed wide-ranging accusations, alleged illegal wildlife transfers and the unlawful captivity of elephants, against Vantara wildlife facility in Gujarat’s Jamnagar. Here are all the details you need to know about what the Supreme Court has said on Anant Ambani’s Vantara case.
“The SIT…opined and concluded that there is no violation of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Recognition of Zoo Rules, 2009, CZA guidelines, Customs Act, 1962, Foreign Trade (Regulation and Development) Act, 1992, Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 or the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora,” noted a Bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale in its order.
The SIT — which also included former Chief Justice of Uttarakhand and Telangana High Courts Justice Raghvendra Chauhan, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale, and senior IRS officer Anish Gupta — ruled out allegations of misuse of carbon credits, exploitation of water resources, or financial impropriety against Vantara.
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Accepting the SIT report, the Justice Mithal-led Bench observed: “The Court has no hesitation in accepting the conclusion so drawn in the report. Thus, as no contravention of law has been reported by the SIT, the complaints, particularly those listed in Schedule A in the summary of the report, stand closed.”
The Supreme Court said that the complaints/petitions, including newspaper reports, articles, and catalogues as mentioned in Schedule A to the summary, stand duly investigated and closed.
(With inputs from agencies)
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