{"id":42582,"date":"2016-04-20T04:34:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T23:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42582"},"modified":"2016-04-20T04:34:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T23:04:54","slug":"monkey-meance-himachal-hc-issues-notice-centre-state-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/monkey-meance-himachal-hc-issues-notice-centre-state-govt","title":{"rendered":"Monkey meance: Himachal HC issues notice to Centre, state govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_storyContainer\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_40484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40484\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Himachal-hc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/himachal-pradesh-hc-directs-hp-govt-to-frame-welfare-scheme-for-journalists\/himachal-hc\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Himachal-hc.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" 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=\"Himachal hc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Himachal-hc.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Himachal-hc.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Himachal-hc.jpg?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Monkey meance: Himachal HC issues notice to Centre, state govt\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monkey meance: Himachal HC issues notice to Centre, state govt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"storyText\">The HP High Court today issued notices to the Centre and the state government on a petition seeking quashing of a notification issued by the Union Environment and Forest Ministry declaring monkey as vermin in the Shimla municipal area.<\/span><\/article>\n<article><span class=\"storyText\">The court has refused to stay the notification and directed the Union Secretary, Environment, Forest and Climate Change; the state Chief Secretary, and the Member Secretary of the National Board of Wildlife to file their replies within six weeks and listed the matter for the further hearing on May 3.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan passed the orders on a petition filed by Rajeshwar Singh Negi.<\/span><\/article>\n<article><span class=\"storyText\">The Union Environment Ministry notification, which followed several requests from the Himachal Pradesh authorities, cited the rising cases of monkeys destroying property, including crops, and biting people. Such a move will allow the state authorities to carry out extermination of monkeys on a large scale without attracting penal provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.<\/span><\/article>\n<article><span class=\"storyText\">As per the notification issued by the Union Ministry on March 14, it had declared the Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) to be vermin and to be included in Schedule V of the Act, for six months from the date of issue of the notification, in the Shimla Municipal Corporation Area limits, excluding the forest areas.<\/span><\/article>\n<article><span class=\"storyText\">Monkeys are a protected species under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. But if any wild animal poses danger to human life or property (including standing crops on any land), or is so disabled or diseased as to be beyond recovery, the law allows for its killing.The petitioner pleaded that killing monkeys for creating violence are not the solution; instead, any substantial scientific method can be used to deal with them. <\/span><\/article>\n<article><span class=\"storyText\">The petitioner said as a result of the notification, anyone could kill monkeys anywhere in Shimla without official permission and it would lead to a decline in the simian population.<\/span><\/article>\n<div class=\"shareIcon\"><span class=\"st_facebook_hcount\"><span class=\"stButton\"><span class=\"stMainServices st-facebook-counter\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HP High Court today issued notices to the Centre and the state government on a petition seeking quashing of a notification issued by the Union Environment and Forest Ministry declaring monkey as vermin in the Shimla municipal area. 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