
HC notice to govt. on plea complaining ill treatment of elephant by branch of Andhra Pradesh mutt
The Hindu
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition seeking direction for urgent medical treatment, rescue, and rehabilitation of a 29-year-old ele
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition seeking direction for urgent medical treatment, rescue, and rehabilitation of a 29-year-old elephant, which was given to a religious institution about 27 years ago.
A Division Bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum, passed the order on the petition filed by People for Animals, Mysuru.
It has been pointed out in the petition that the elephant, Lakshmi, was born as a Karnataka Forest Camp calf in 1992 and when she was 18 months, her custody was handed over to the Urgradhi Gavimath Mahasamsthan Uravakonda, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, through an ownership certificate issued in March 1994.