https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46151 Seafans were treated as an aquatic form of coral within the animal kingdom and therefore capable of falling within the statutory meanings of "wild animal" and "wild life" under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. On that broad reading of the definitions, the export prohibition covering wild animals was held to extend to seafans, making the ban legally sustainable. The environmental harm associated with coral exploitation was also noted as supporting the restriction. The writ challenge to the export ban accordingly failed. en-us Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:58:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46151 Seafans were treated as an aquatic form of coral within the animal kingdom and therefore capable of falling within the statutory meanings of "wild animal" and "wild life" under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. On that broad reading of the definitions, the export prohibition covering wild animals was held to extend to seafans, making the ban legally sustainable. The environmental harm associated with coral exploitation was also noted as supporting the restriction. The writ challenge to the export ban accordingly failed. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46151