The Kerala High Court on Friday held that the ownership certificates given by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Wildlife to Malayalam actor Mohanlal for possessing the ivory items are illegal and unenforceable in law.

A Division Bench, comprising Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian, held that state-issued certificates that declared Mohanlal as the owner of two pairs of elephant ivory tusks and 13 ivory artifacts were void and legally unenforceable.

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Striking down the Government Orders and ownership certificates dated January 16, 2016, and April 6, 2016, the court said that the government had failed to comply with statutory requirements under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, before issuing the same.

The court, however, refrained from

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