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CRL.P. NO.101729 OF 2017 10.16. Encyclopedia Britannica defines Genocide as "the deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race.

The term, derived from the Greek genos ("race," "tribe," or "nation") and the Latin cide ("killing"), was coined by Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-born jurist who served as an adviser to the U.S. Department of War during World War II." 10.17. The United Nations Office on Genocide prevention gives the background of Genocide as under:

The word "genocide" was first coined by Polish lawyer Raphäel Lemkin in 1944 in his book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. It consists of the Greek prefix genos, meaning race or tribe, and the Latin suffix cide, meaning killing. Lemkin developed the term partly in response to the Nazi policies of systematic murder of Jewish people during the Holocaust, but also in response to previous instances in history of targeted actions aimed at the destruction of particular groups of people. Later on, Raphäel Lemkin led the campaign to have Genocide recognised and codified as an international crime.
CRL.P. NO.101729 OF 2017 10.18. In my opinion, the large scale destruction of environment and habitat of animals is no less than the offence of Genocide, since it is the destruction of the environment, the offence would qualify to be "Ecocide", which would amount to causing the death and destruction of the environment and other living creatures. It is time that this aspect is recognised and due action thereon taken in our country, like that taken in other countries.