Madras High Court today posted before a division bench, a PIL seeking a direction to the Commissioner of Police to ensure rescue of camels, stop their slaughter and administer veterinary care to them.
Justice K B K Vasugi, acting on an urgent petition filed by an activist, directed the registry to post it before the division bench where an identical petition is pending.
The judge heard the petition at her residence.
On Oct 11, the Court had issued notice to the Home Secretary, DGP, Police Commissioner, Chennai Corporation and Animal Welfare Board of India on a PIL filed by Blue Cross of India over transportation of camels.
The PIL submitted that camels from Rajasthan, Haryana and Gujarat were being illegally transported either by foot or by vehicles in cramped conditions for long distances in violation of Cruelty to Animals Act-1960, to Tamil Nadu and neighbouring states, mainly to be slaughtered for Bakrid and Muharram.
The petitioner sought a direction to authorities to ensure that camels are brought in only in compliance of applicable laws and rules governing their transportation and are slaughtered only in licensed slaughter houses.
The First Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal and Justice M M Sundresh had ordered notice to authorities returnable by October 30.
