Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 23: Terming the Fur trade as precarious and harmful, High Court in its significant decision dismissed the plea of Fur traders for their rehabilitation on the basis of recommendation of erstwhile Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
Justice Sanjeev Kumar while dismissing the petition filed by the Kashmir Fur Traders and Manufacturers Association seeking their rehabilitation in the wake of complete ban imposed on Fur trade in the J&K due to enactment of J&K Wild Life Protection Act said that the Fur Association’s claim of rehabilitation is not a matter of right.
Court said there are number of the petitioners having been deprived of their means of livelihood as earning of livelihood by indulging in a dangerous and pernicious trade is not countenanced by any civil society anywhere in the world.
“That apart, this court is of the firm opinion that it cannot sit in appeal over the decision taken by the Committee of officers. The reasons given by the Committee to provide rehabilitation only to the artisans and not to the fur traders are fair, just and proper and, therefore, do not fall foul of Article 14 of the Constitution”, Justice Kumar recorded and concluded that there is no merit in these petitions and consequently dismissed the petitions of Fur traders.
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