The Bombay High Court’s Nagpur Bench turned 23 news reports into suo motu PILs within eleven weeks of 2026, acting on media stories and lawyers’ letters. This already exceeds the eighteen such cases initiated in all of 2025.
The Kerala High Court has directed the Chief Secretary to submit a detailed, time-bound roadmap to curb rising human-wildlife conflict in Aralam and Wayanad. The Court stressed urgent preventive steps, including elephant-proof barriers and effective coordination across departments.
Justice Vikram Nath expressed gratitude for the stray dogs case, saying it made him known not only in the legal fraternity but globally. He added that apart from dog lovers, even dogs were giving him blessings and good wishes.
Today, On 30th August, The NALSA-KeLSA legal conference on human-wildlife conflict began in Kerala, where Justice MM Sundresh stressed that reckless human actions drive the crisis. Referring to a WhatsApp message, he noted, “If animals could have a religion, man would be devil.”
