S.Muralidharan, v. Principal Chief Conservator of
Case brief
What is this about?
The court allowed a writ petition directed at the forest department and the Charitable Endowments Department to take possession of a captive elephant used for begging and subjected to ill-treatment. The court ordered the forest department to secure the animal and decide on ownership transfer application immediately.
What did the court decide?
The first respondent was directed to take possession of the elephant forthwith and decide the application for transfer of ownership certificate forthwith.