ISSUE:
Whether the impugned provisions of the act in question are violative of Article 19 (1) (g), where the right of appellants to practice their profession of ivory trade was being curbed,
Whether this prohibition on traders was unreasonable and arbitrary under Article 14 of the Constitution?
RULE:
Trade in imported ivory, which is dangerous to ecology, has been regulated by imposing total prohibition under the Wildlife (Protection) Amending Act of 1991. Such an Amending Act indirectly seeks to protect Indian elephants and to arrest their further depletion.