State Of Tamil Nadu vs Elephant G. Rajendran on 12 April, 2019
Equivalent citations: AIRONLINE 2019 SC 2303, AIRONLINE 2019 SC 236
Author: Ashok Bhushan ... 2018)
THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU & ORS. ...APPELLANTS
Vs.
ELEPHANT G. RAJENDRAN & ORS. ETC. ...RESPONDENTS
writ of mandamus forbearing the
1st and 2nd respondent from bringing wild elephants into life long captivity,
as Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 explicitly bans ... 16770 of 2017 forbearing the 2nd respondent from brutally
taming the wild elephant calf that has been lodged in Kraal (Wooden
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mind regarding the impact of the project on forests, wild
life, human-elephant conflict and the ecology and without
conducting a comprehensive study ... have not considered the impact of
the project on the movement of elephants in that area,
number of elephant corridor within that area
Writ of Mandamus directing the first respondent
for the closure of illegal elephant shelter operating in Kurumbaram Village,
Marakannan Taluk, Villupuram District and pass such ... court against cattle traffickers.
ix. Educating and enlightening about misconception on
Elephant domestication to general public.
x. Supporting Elephants being used in Temple rituals
concerned DFOs, was directed to
issue notices to the owners of the elephants to explain under what
law they were using the elephants commercially, including ... Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 . While banning commercial use
of elephants in the entire State of Uttarakhand until further orders,
including joyrides /rides
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and other allied and cognate goods under the trade mark/label ELEPHANT
or any other trade mark incorporating the word ELEPHANT either ... prefix or suffix or device of Elephant or any other deceptively similar trade
mark/domain name so as to amount to passing off. Other connected
Gundlupet Range
lodged a complaint before Gundlupet Police alleging that
a dead elephant was found in the land of the appellant.
Based on the said ... issued
the report vide Ex.P10. According to him, the elephant
died due to shock and the electrocution.
PW9 was the panch witness
hand over the Tusks that they hold in their
possession of an elephant by name Mariappan, who was rendering
duties as Temple elephant therein ... Temple
has, under his control / custody and / or possession, the elephant.
The ownership of Mariappan by the Temple is not in dispute.
3.The elephant
writ of mandamus to direct the first respondent to remove
the Elephant – Malachi from the custody of the third respondent and hand it
over ... Forests & Chief
Wildlife Warden, Chennai, first respondent, to take possession of Elephant –
Malachi, from Mrs.Indira, third respondent and to maintain
evolve a conservation plan for the maintenance of elephant corridors
in the region.
For petitioner ... Mr.A.Yogeshwaran
For respondents ... Mr.E. Manoharan
Additional Government ... State Government to evolve a
conservation plan for the maintenance of elephant corridors in the
region.
2. According to the petitioner, lands in Kammandoddi village
