ITEM NO.1 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition (Civil) No.743/2014

WILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTRE & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(With IA No.171239/2022 – CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION and IA No. 171147/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION)

Date : 10-10-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv. Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv. Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. T. Gopal, Adv.

Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR

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Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv. Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mohit Prasad, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Mr. Jaideep Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mr. Abraham C. Mathew, Adv. Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Riddhi Bose, Adv. Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR Mr. M.F. Philip, Adv. Mr. Karamveer Singh Yadav, Adv. Mr. D.L. Chidananda, AOR Dr. Ravindra Chingale, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv. Ms. Sugandh Rathor, Adv. Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR Ms. Harshita Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pooja Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Deep Narayan Sarkar, Adv.

Mr. Ankolekar Gurudatta, AOR Mr. Shivraj Gaonkar, AOR Dr. Sumant Bharadwaj, Adv. Ms. Mridula Ray Bharadwaj, AOR Mr. Vedant Bharadwaj, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Tanay Hari Har Lal, Adv. Ms. Surbhi Sharma, Adv. Dr. Manoj Kumar, Adv. Ms. Madhavi Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Mr. Parth Yadav, Adv. Ms. Mani Munjal, Adv. Mr. Ajit Sharma, AOR Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Ms. Esha Dutta, Adv. Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Jainendra Kumar Ojha, Adv. Mr. Maneesh Pathak, Adv. Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR Mr. K. Rajeev, AOR Mr. Shinoj K. Narayanan, Adv. Mr. Pranav Krishna, Adv. Ms. Niveditha R.menon, Adv. Mr. Aditya Verma, Adv. Mr. Romy Chacko, AOR Mr. Prashant Kumar, Adv. Applicant-in-person Ms. Pritha Srikumar Iyer, AOR Ms. Mansi Binjrajka, Adv.

Mr. C.U. Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shibani Ghosh, AOR Mr. Rishad A Chowdhury, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Malik, Adv. Mr. K. Parameshwar, AOR Ms. Arti Gupta, Adv. Ms. Kanti, Adv. Mr. Chinmay Kalgaonkar, Adv. M/s. PLR Chambers & Co.

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

• 1 There is a proliferation of interlocutory applications in a petition which is pending since 2014. The pan-India issues which have been raised by the petitioners pertaining to elephants in captivity would merit the attention of this Court.
• 2 The interlocutory applications which have now been filed by the intervenors seek substantive reliefs though the intervenors are not parties to the writ petition. We are of the view that it would not be possible for this Court to entertain such interlocutory applications.
• 3 We accordingly direct that the writ petition be listed for hearing and final disposal in the first week of December 2023 on a non-miscellaneous day.

(CHETAN KUMAR) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR) A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar

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