Cutting a Large Number of Trees Worse Than Killing Humans: Supreme Court Fined a Man Rs. 1 Lakh for Each Tree

The Supreme Court said that cutting a large number of trees is worse than killing human beings & fined a man Rs. 1 Lakh for each illegally cut tree, who chopped 454 trees in the protected Taj Trapezium Zone.

The top court said it will take at least 100 years minimum to regenerate the green cover created by 454 trees which were blantantly cut without permission. 

Furthermore, the court directed the man to do plantations at a nearby site & said the contempt plea filed against him would be disposed of only after compliance.