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A Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Supreme Court of India has cleared Vantara, a backstage zoo owned by the lad of Asia’s richest antheral Mukesh Ambani of infractions successful keeping rescued wildlife.
The sheet held that the wildlife conservation inaugural of Vantara was successful compliance with provisions of Indian and planetary laws.
According to the Supreme Court connected Monday, 15 September 2025, the outcomes followed the findings of the SIT which examined Vantara’s operations.
Speaking successful the findings, the apex tribunal recorded that the SIT worked successful adjacent coordination with the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) of India, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, CITES Management Authority of India, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Customs Department, and authorities constabulary agencies to get astatine its outcome.
It stated that nary usurpation of immoderate proviso of the country’s instrumentality was discovered aft an exhaustive investigation.
The SIT’s conclusions which was accepted by the apex tribunal established that Vantara did not breach the Wildlife (Protection) Act, Zoo Rules, CZA Guidelines, Customs Act, FEMA, PMLA, BNSS, oregon the CITES Convention.
It further confirmed that each wildlife rescued by the backstage zoo were undertaken with valid permits and subjected to multi-jurisdictional scrutiny.
The Court besides noted that Vantara’s carnal attraction facilities not lone met, but successful galore respects, exceeded prescribed payment and veterinary benchmarks.
This confirmed that aggregate past inquiries and petitions against Vantara person besides concluded with findings of nary illegality to the backstage zoo.
Conservation programmes specified arsenic cheetah breeding, elephant rescue, and the reintroduction of the endangered Spix’s Macaw were highlighted arsenic legitimate, science-based efforts by the Indian court.
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