UPDATE #17: Indiatimes coverage of Shankar Petition by Bobins Abraham. 

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The Delhi High Court has accepted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the release and rehabilitation of the only African elephant in the Delhi Zoo. The plea was filed by 16-year-old Nikita Dhawan, founder of Youth For Animals (YFA).

A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notices and sought responses of the Centre, Delhi government, National Zoological Park, Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) on the petition and listed the matter for further hearing on March 9.

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