Animal rights body moves HC against transfer of captive elephant to Delhi
A division bench of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed the authorities to produce the original file pertaining to Ranjitha's transfer.
The Union of India was also directed to obtain instructions on the current location of the elephant. (File Photo) The Delhi High Court will on October 24 hear the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO) challenging the transfer of captive elephant Ranjitha from Jorhat in Assam to a temple at Sainik Farms in Delhi.
The Indian Express had reported on October 17 that a temple atop a four-storey residential apartment in south Delhi’s Greater Kailash could soon be the owner of an elephant that it proposes to get from Assam. The Maa Baglamukhi Temple has “earmarked” 1.5 acres in the Sainik Farm to keep the elephant.
Referring to The Indian Express report, which was also annexed in the application, FIAPO submitted on Monday that the transfer “rings alarm bells and highlights that the current rules, through their silence and lack of clarity on what constitutes religious or any other purpose, potentially permits largescale transfer of elephants across the country by disregarding the best interest of the elephant”.
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