Today, a division bench of Justices Alexander Thomas and C Jayachandran dismissed the PIL pointing out that since the Tamil Nadu government has said it will take Arikomban to the deep forest, the petitioner’s contention that the tusker has to be brought back to Kerala, is irrelevant.
“If the Tamil Nadu government has graciously taken it, why interfere with it? You don’t say in the plea, why it has to be brought in Kerala?” the bench asked orally.
The bench further questioned the petitioner if he had any case that the people of Tamil Nadu are treating the animal with any cruelty.
“What really is the intent of this litigation, I doubt it. They are facing more fear, our fear is lessened,” the Bench said.
Source: Barandbench
