1. The grievance in this Public Interest Litigation pertains to the illegal transportation of elephants from the State of West Bengal. It is contended that as many as 24 elephants had been transported out of the State of West Bengal to different States. Upon filing of the writ petition, by an order dated 19 July 2019, a Co - ordinate Bench directed as follows:
"This Public Interest Litigation has been taken out by a registered trust named "Cape Foundation" and one of its trustees named Radhika Bose.
The issue which the petitioners have raised in this Public Interest Litigation is essentially centred around the well being and protection of some captive elephants which, although registered in West Bengal, are now in the State of Bihar and some other State. The details where the captive elephants are presently kept have been disclosed in an affidavit filed on behalf of the State of West Bengal earlier.
So far as the question of bringing them back to the State of West Bengal is concerned, we are of the view that the respondent no.2, being the Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), who is also the Chief Wildlife Warden, should take necessary steps by interacting with the appropriate aut