Chennai: Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL that objected to the transfer of the 1,000 crocodiles from the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT) in Mamallapuram to Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Jam Nagar in Gujarat.

The bench of Chief Justice M N Bhandari and Justice N Mala upheld the decision of action of the Tamil Nadu government and the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) while dismissing a PIL petition from A Viswanathan (76) of Chintadripet.

The bench said that when the experts are satisfied with the facilities available at the GZRR Centre in Gujarat, supported by Reliance Industries Limited, the court does not want to interfere with the same.

“We are, therefore, of the opinion that the objection of the petitioner to transfer the 1,000 crocodiles is devoid of merits and without any factual basis,” the bench said.

While recording the submissions, the bench saw the photographs of the zoo premises and observed that they are satisfied with the photos of Jamnagar Zoo.

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