JUDGMENT :

M.Sathyanarayanan, J.

This writ petition is filed as a Public Interest Litigation. The petitioner claims that he is an avid animal lover and dedicated himself for the cause of animals and he carries out lot of activities for protection and conservation of wild as well as domestic animals. The petitioner would further state that he is also running a registered organization called "INCARE" and through which, he carries on some animal welfare activities, the details of which, extracted below, have been given in Paragraph No.1 of the affidavit filed in support of this writ petition:

i). Establishing the rights of the owners of domestic pets.

(ii). Rescuing injured animals, treating them in clinics and returning them back to their location.

(iii). Rescuing and up keeping of old and handicapped dogs.

(iv). Rescuing and rehabilitating abandoned pets.

(v). Donating blood for needy dogs across Chennai.

(vi). Curing skin infections and maggot wounds on stray and pet animals.

(vii). Rescuing cattle from illegal cattle trafficking to Kerala.

(viii). Fighting cases in court against cattle