Abir Phukan vs. Union Of India Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Through National Tiger Conservation Authority

ITEM NO.41 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS <pre>Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).743/2014</pre> WILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTRE & ORS. Petitioner(s) VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent $(s)$ (With appln.(s) for intervention and for impleadment and for directions and for stay and for exemption from filing O.T.) Date: 06-03-2020 This petition/applications was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT For Petitioner(s) Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Adv. Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv. Mr. Shivanshu Singh, Adv. Mr. Manish Jha, Adv. Ms. Sheezan Hashmi, Adv. For Respondent(s)/ Mr. Ankolekar Gurudatta, AOR Applicant(s) Mr. Davali Elangbam, Adv. Mr. Rajendra Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aslam Khan, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jai, AOR Mr. A. Raghunath, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. K. Rajeev, AOR Mr. Sanjeeb Panigrahi, AOR

Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K. Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Satyendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Arpit Prakash, Adv. Mr. D.K. Devesh, Adv. Mr. P.V. Dinesh, AOR Ms. Sindhu T.P., Adv. Mr. Mukund P Unny, Adv. Mr. Bineesh K., Adv. Mr. Ashwini Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. C. Sanal Nambiar, Adv. Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Adv. Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR Mr. Shivraj Gaonkar, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv. M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Ms. Manisha T. Karia, AOR Mr. Shashank S. Mangal, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Kumar, Adv. Ms. Sukhda Kalra, Adv. Ms. Aarti Goyal, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mr. Samarth Khanna, Adv. Ms. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR

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Mr. Raj Panjwani, Sr. Adv. Ms. Priyanka Bangari, Adv. Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Mr. Aditya Singla, Adv. M/s Akanksha Mehta, Adv. Mr. M. Yogesh Khanna, AOR Dr. Sumant Bharadwaj, Adv. Ms. Mridula Ray Bharadwaj, AOR Mr. Vedant Bharadwaj, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Adv. Ms. Arshiya Ghose, Adv. Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Ms. Shrutee Aradhana, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Dr. Rajesh Pandey, Adv. Ms. Tanuja Manjari Patra, Adv. Ms. Shweta Mulchandani, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.k., AOR Mr. Romy Chacko, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pritha Srikumar, AOR Ms. Bhabna Das, Adv. Ms. Mansi Binjrajka, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. K. Parameshwar, AOR Mr. M.V. Mukunda, Adv. Mr. ANS Nadkarni, ASG Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv. Mr. Vijay Prakash, Adv. Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv. Mr. Rahul Jajoo, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Issue notice on I.A. No.32654/2019.

Mr. Atmaram N.S. Nadkarni, learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the respondent(s), prays for and is granted four weeks' time to file reply affidavit to the aforesaid interlocutory application.

We also direct that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) shall send a team comprising veterinary doctors to examine and take all steps to restore the health of the elephants at Amer Fort and Haathi Goan in Rajasthan, and submit a report regarding the medical conditions of those elephants.

The following person(s) may also accompany the aforesaid team of doctors :

(a) Dr. Manilal Valliyate CEO, PETA India.

List the matter(s) on a non-miscellaneous day in July, 2020.

ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

(SANJAY KUMAR-II) (INDU KUMARI POKHRIYAL)