{"id":40312,"date":"2015-12-08T19:12:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T13:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40312"},"modified":"2015-12-09T03:14:50","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T21:44:50","slug":"scs-notice-on-pleas-of-cruelty-against-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/scs-notice-on-pleas-of-cruelty-against-elephants","title":{"rendered":"SC&#8217;s notice on pleas of cruelty against elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38395\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-to-hear-on-july-20-cbi-plea-in-vyapam-case\/supreme_court_2426338f\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"636,477\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SUPREME_COURT_2426338f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38395 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC's notice on pleas of cruelty against elephants\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/SUPREME_COURT_2426338f.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC&#8217;s notice on pleas of cruelty against elephants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre, Rajasthan and Goa on pleas alleging that cruelty is being meted out to elephants used for joyrides in these states.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant asked Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar to find out as to whether the elephants, used for joyrides, are being subjected to cruelty in violation of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.<\/p>\n<p>The direction came on two applications moved on a PIL, filed by six organisations and individuals including Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, which said the number of captive elephants kept by private persons and religious institutions stood at over 3,000.<\/p>\n<p>The two pleas alleged that the elephants, used for such rides, were chained and ill-treated in violation of the statutory provisions.<\/p>\n<p>The Solicitor General, during the hearing, said there was no provision which suggest that an elephant cannot be used for such joyrides.<\/p>\n<p>The court, seeking responses from the Animal Welfare Board states and their authorities, said there should not be any violation of the legal provisions.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the court had taken note of pleas alleging cruelty meted out to captive elephants in Kerala, particularly in temples, and had directed the top wildlife officer to undertake a head count of all of them and act against those keeping them without the requisite permission.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, the counsel for Kerala today informed the court that there are total 599 private persons-owned elephants in the state and out of which, 289 have no declared owners under the Wildlife Act.<\/p>\n<p>The court had directed the Chief Wildlife Warden to ensure that all captive elephants in Kerala are counted and registered.<\/p>\n<p>It had also asked &#8220;temples or the Devaswom&#8221; to get themselves registered with the district committee within six weeks to ensure that elephants are used properly in religious events.<\/p>\n<p>Elephants are used to participate in religious festivals and processions in Kerala and also to carry the deities.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre, Rajasthan and Goa on pleas alleging that cruelty is being meted out to elephants used for joyrides in these states. 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