In a serious growth to the story of lion Akbar and lioness Sita, the West Bengal authorities on Thursday informed the Calcutta Excessive Court docket that the names have been saved by the Zoo authorities in Tripura authorities and the record of animals tranferred was accredited by Centre. The excessive court docket had earlier requested the West Bengal authorities to make clear that if it has named the lioness after hindu goddess Sita.
The counsel showing for West Bengal positioned an inventory of animals that have been exchanged with the Zoo Authorities in Tripura. The counsel additionally confirmed that the trade of animals was accredited by the Centre, the Bar and Bench reported.
The Calcutta Excessive Court docket insisted that the state should keep away from controversy and take into account renaming the animals. The court docket additionally refused West Bengal authorities’s plea to not categorise VHP’s petition as a public curiosity litigation (PIL). And permited VHP to reclassify it is petition PIL.
A bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya requested can anybody of us consider naming an animal after Rabindranath Tagore? “None of us would have named them as Akbar and Sita. Sita is worshipped by a bigger part of this nation.” The information portal quoted the choose.
The Decide additional prompt that the federal government preserve an uncontroversial identify. In accordance with the report the choose additionally mentioned, “please do not identify any animal after a Hindu God, Muslim prophet, Christians, noble laureates, freedom fighters and many others. Usually, who’re revered and revered, their names should not be given.”
West Bengal authorities mentioned that these animals have been born in 2016 and 2018 and noone challenged their names until 5 years. The controversy began after they got here to West Bengal.
The choose mentioned that even Akbar is a revered Mughal emperor, not solely Sita, I additionally oppose naming the lion after Akbar. He was an environment friendly, profitable and secular Mughal Emperor.
The court docket has recognised the petition as PIL and thus the plea will now go in entrance of PIL bench.