Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 15: Division Bench of the State High Court comprising Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice B S Walia has extended two weeks further time to the General Administration Department and Commissioner Secretary Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department and Divisional Commissioners for filing response to the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking constitution of District Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in all the 22 districts of the State.
When the PIL filed by SAVE-an NGO working for welfare of animals through its chairperson Devinder Kaur Madaan alias Rumpy Madaan came up for hearing, Advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed with Advocate Supriya Chouhan appearing for the petitioner submitted that notices had already been issued to the senior functionaries of the State Government for filing response within four weeks but till today no response has been filed.
“This shows the casual approach of the State Government towards an issue concerning the cruelty towards the animals”, Advocate Ahmed said.
At this stage, Senior AAG Seema Khajooria Shekhar and Government Advocate Sanjeev Padha sought more time to file response in the matter. Looking into the public interest involved, the DB granted only two weeks more time to both the State counsels for filing the response. The Division Bench also directed the Registry to list the PIL immediately after two weeks.
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