Contempt Petition On Tigress Avni Killing To Be Heard In Top Court Today Contempt Petition On Tigress Avni Killing To Be Heard In Top Court Today The petitioner, Sangeeta Dogra, an animal rights activist, had approached the Supreme Court seeking contempt action against those linked to the killing of the tigress, also known then as Avni or T1.
The tigress was killed in Maharashtra s Yavatmal district by a team of forest officials.
New Delhi:
A contempt petition against Maharashtra forest officials for killing a tigress in 2018 will be heard in the Supreme Court today.
The petitioner, Sangeeta Dogra, an animal rights activist, had approached the Supreme Court seeking contempt action against those linked to the killing of the tigress, also known then as Avni or T1.
Updated: Friday, February 26, 2021, 13:22 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 26: The Supreme Court on Friday refused contempt action against Maharashtra forest officials for killing a tigress in 2018.
During the hearing conducted through video conferencing, the bench told Dogra that the state government in its reply has said that the decision to kill the man eating tigress was approved by this Court. We cannot say that the tigress was not a man eater and review the earlier decision of the court, the bench said, adding that if the villagers celebrated that they were relieved by the killing then how it can be taken note of by the authorities.
Court Approved Tigeress Avni’s Killing, Says SC; Closes Case Against Maharashtra Officials
Sangeeta Dogra an animal rights activist had claimed that the tigress was not a man-eater as was evident from the post-mortem report of the animal. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-26T13:35:52+05:30 Court Approved Tigeress Avni’s Killing, Says SC; Closes Case Against Maharashtra Officials outlookindia.com 2021-02-26T13:42:38+05:30
A plea against Maharashtra officials for rewarding people who had killed an alleged man-eater tigress ‘Avni’ in Yavatmal district in 2018 was withdrawn after the Supreme Court closed the case and informed that the killing was approved by the top court.
Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 16:19 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 10: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a contempt notice to Maharashtra government in connection with the killing of Avni, an adult tigress, in Maharashtra in 2018.
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Issuing notice to nine persons, mostly state government officials,A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said .they flouted orders that they shall not reward anyone who kills (the tigress). We want to see clear findings that human nails, hair, teeth or whatever, does not disappear for a period of six months and that no such thing was found in (T1 s) intestine. Show us.she was not a man-eater, Bobde said. We will issue notice also. Because the reward part is clearly violated.