India, Nov. 5 -- An activist has sought the revival of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged tiger poaching at Corbett National Park, claiming the Supreme Court was misled into staying the investigation on a Uttarakhand high court order seven years back.

Atul Sati, the activist who is from Uttarakhand, filed an application for the vacation of the stay on November 1. He alleged that crucial facts on which the high court order was based were concealed from the Supreme Court. Sati said they included the findings of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII).

The Supreme Court issued notice on an appeal by the then Uttarakhand chief wildlife warden DS Khati, and stayed the high court order in October 2018. Khati had argued t...