Cutting Large Number Of Trees Worse Than Killing Humans, Says Supreme Court

New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) Cutting a large number of trees is worse than killing human beings, the Supreme Court has said, while fining a man Rs 1 lakh for each illegally cut tree.

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan made the observation while rejecting the plea of a man who had chopped down 454 trees in the protected Taj Trapezium Zone.

"There should be no mercy in environmental case. Felling a large number of trees is worse than killing a human," the bench said.