The Supreme Court has stopped hearing the petitions filed against ‘Vantara’, a wild animal shelter of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The court had formed a SIT under the chairmanship of his former judge Justice J Chelameswar to confirm the allegations made in the petition. All the allegations were found to be baseless in the SIT report.

The bench of Justice Pankaj Mithil and Justice Prasanna B. Varale advised the petitioners and said, ‘Let some good things happen and express happiness on them. There are many things in our country, which we can be proud of. They should not get entangled in vain disputes. Along with this, the judges appreciated the SIT for rapid reports.

Allegations made in the petition
2 petitioners named CR Jayasukin and Dev Sharma claimed irregularities in building and running this shelter home of Reliance Foundation. The petitioner had also said that wild animals are being deposited to affect the government machinery and keep wild animals to keep them in ‘Vanatara’, therefore, the court should order the elephants of Vanatara to hand over the elephants and leave the rest of the animals in the forest.

Committee formation
On 25 August, the Supreme Court formed a 4 -member inquiry committee. The members of the committee were:-

1. Justice J Chelameswar, former Judge of Supreme Court (Chairman)
2. Justice Raghavendra Chauhan, Uttarakhand and Telangana High Court Chief Justice
3. Hemant Nagrale, former Police Commissioner of Mumbai
4. Anish Gupta, Additional Commissioner, Customs

The court had asked all the institutions including the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, Central Zoo Authority, Government of Gujarat and Vantara Management to cooperate with SITs. CBI, ED, Customs and DRI were also instructed to provide necessary assistance to SIT.

Special things of SIT Report
Following laws: No case of violation of laws like Wildlife Protection Act 1972 or Customs Act, 1962 came to light. There was no irregularity in the acquisition of 40,633 animals, including 275 elephants.
animal welfare: SIT also enlisted the help of fair experts on this aspect. He found that the facilities available in Vantara are better than international level in many ways.
Place and season: SIT also denied the apprehension about being close to the industrial area of ​​Vanatara. The report states that many famous zoo in the world are in industrial cities. Due to this, there is no problem.
Conservation Program: SIT has also called the allegation of Vanatara a personal collection of animals. The report states that there is an attempt to increase the lineage of many rare animals like Asian lion, clouded leopard, cheetah. Creatures are being protected through about 3000 people and detailed facilities.
Financial allegations: SIT has called the allegation of financial irregularities on Vantara baseless. Allegations like water misuse and carbon credit sales have also been called factless.

Court order
After looking at the report, the court said that the petitioner had not presented facts to confirm his allegations. Nevertheless, the court decided to confirm those allegations by a fair committee. The court decided many questions. The committee responded in detail. Now in future, these questions will not be allowed to be raised again in any legal process. The court has said that it is making the summary of the committee’s report public. But the detailed report will be kept sealed. His copy will be given to Vantara. Look at the Vanatara report and where there is a need for improvement.

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Pahalgam terror attack: 26 innocents lost their lives in the deadly terrorist attack on Tuesday in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Most of them were tourists. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has condemned this violent act. With this, it has been announced that Sir HN Hospital of Reliance Foundation in Mumbai will treat all the injured free. He has shared his statement on the company’s official X handle.

Gave support to the victims in the hour of grief

He wrote, “All members of the Reliance family express their grief over the death of innocent Indians in the barbaric terrorist attack in Pahalgam. We express our condolences to the families of the dead and wish the injured to recover quickly and completely. All the injured will be treated free of cost at our Reliance Foundation’s Sir HN Hospital in Mumbai. ”

He has also supported the government’s fight against terrorism and said, “Terrorism is an enemy of humanity. It should not be tolerated in any case. We stand with our honorable Prime Minister, Government of India and the whole country in the war against terrorism. ”

Shri. Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited

“I am joined by everything in the reliance family in Mothering of Innocent Indians in the Barbaric Terrorist Attack in Pahalgam on 22nd April 2025. pic.twitter.com/6HR0HSCII4

– Reliance Industries Limited (@Ril_updates) April 24, 2025

India takes steps against Pakistan

Here, the Government of India has taken several diplomatic and administrative steps against the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, such as suspension of the Indus Water Treaty with immediate effect, announcement of closure of Attari-Wagah border, decision to cancel the SAARC Visa Rebate Scheme for Pakistani citizens, directing all Pakistani citizens to leave the country by 27 April. After this step taken by India, the tension between the two countries has increased further. The terrorist attack in Pahalgam has shocked the entire country. People of all levels of society in the country are strongly condemning it.

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