Tagged “animal-protection”

Karnataka High Court on elephant electrocution (2025): wildlife conservation as a constitutional mandate

Taking suo motu cognizance of an elephant's death by electrocution, a Karnataka High Court Division Bench held that wildlife conservation is a constitutional mandate flowing from Articles 21, 48A and 51A(g). A digest of the suo motu jurisdiction, the constitutional reasoning, and the slate of preventive and accountability directions the Court issued.