2005 Supreme(SC) 1675
Y.K.SABHARWAL, D.M.DHARMADHIKARI
Geeta Seshamani – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. P.K. Manohar, , Advocate, Ms. Meera Singh, and Mr. N. Ganpathy, Advocates
For the Respondent:Mr. Shreekant N. Terdal, Ms. A. Subhashini, Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, Addl. AG., Rajasthan., Mr. Naveen Kumar Singh, Ms. Shivangi, Mr. Anis Suhrawardy, Ms. Sunita R. Singh, Mr. B.B. Singh, Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Mr. Gopal Singh, Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Ms. Sadhana Sandhu, Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Ms. Shomila Bakshi, Mr. Pramod Dayal, Mr. Rajesh Prasad Singh, Mr. Rakesh K. Khanna, Ms. Rashmi Khanna, Mr. Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Mr. S.K. Agnihotri, Mr. Rohit K. Singh, Mr. Amit Mishra, Mr. Tara Chandra Sharma, Mr. Ajay Sharma, Ms. Neelam Sharma, Mr. Rupesh Kumar, Mr. T.V. Ratnam, Mr. Raj Panjwani, Mr. Vijay Panjwani, Mr. Anil Nag, Mr. R.K. Rathore, AAG., Pb. Mr. S. Krishnaraj, Mr. Arun K. Sinha, Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Mr. R. Ayyam Perumal, Mr. Sewa Ram, Mr. S. Vallinayagam, Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu, Ms. Sunita Sharma, Mr. D.S. Mahra, Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Mr. V.G. Pragasam, Mr. Annam D.N. Rao, Mr. Avatar Singh Rawat, Addl.AG., Uttaranchal., Mr. Baldev Atreye, Ms. D. Bharathi Reddy, Mr. S.S. Shinde, Mr. Mukesh K. Giri, Mr. Ramesh Babu M.R., Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, Mr. R.K. Singh, Ms. Rashmi Singh, Mr. Puneet Tyagi, Mr. J.K. Bhatia, Mr. Radha Shyam Jena, Ms. Suparna Srivastava, Mr. Rahul Srivastava, Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, Ms. Deepti Singh, Mr. Prakash Shrivastava, Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Mr. Sanjiv Sen, Mr. Praveen Swarup, Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, Mr. S.S. Bandyopadhyay, Mr. Ambhoj Kumar Sinha, Ms. Krishna Sarma, Mr. V.K. Sidharthan, Mr. Atul Kumar, for M/s. Corporate Law Group, Mr. Vinay Kumar Garg, Mr. Anil Kumar Thakur, Ms. Kavita Wadia, Mr. U. Hazarika, Mr. Satya Mitra, Ms. Sumita Hazarika, Mr. Ashok Bhan, Mr. T.A. Khan, Ms. Anil Katiyar, Mr. A. Mariarputham, Ms. Aruna Mathur, for M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co., Mr. Manoj Saxena, Mr. Mohan Prasad Meharia, Mr. S.K. Mittra, Mr. Debojit Borkakati, Mr. J.S. Attri, AAG., HP. Mr. Anil Shrivastava, and Mr. Saurabh Shrivastava, Advocates
ORDER :
1. Mr. A.D.N. Rao, learned counsel for the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, has handed over to us in Court today an action plan for control of stray animals menace [monkeys, dogs, cattle’s and pigs]. The action plan mainly focuses on three strategies to control the monkey problem; (1) increase natural food base to the monkeys in the forest; (2) creating awareness among public through series of activities, such as putting up advertisements hoardings, awareness camps by voluntary and social clubs, organising seminars and workshops, distribution of pamphlets to the tourists, etc; and (3) on controlling monkeys' population by sterilization. The action plan has also set out the long term measures, such as improved solid waste management and improved waste management and operations. It has also dealt with the aspect of translocation of commensal monkeys to especially established sanctuaries. Some interim steps have also been suggested in the action plan which mainly concerns the problem of monkey menace, though reference has also been made to other animals.
2. Before we issue final directions, it would be expedient to have the responses from the State Gover
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