Summary:
A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C.
Hari Shankar gave the direction while hearing an 18-year-old case to curb monkey menace in the city. The court remarked that many of the 20,000 simians relocated to Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary near Tughlakabad here had escaped to surrounding areas, leading to complaints from the residents. Advocate Meera Bhatia, representing New Friends Colony residents in the case, said the authorities had failed to act on increasing incidents of monkey menace in the Capital. At this, the Bench remarked that the scenario will worsen as monkeys continue to procreate. The Bench, which has been monitoring progress made to ensure a proper place for survival of monkeys, posted the case for hearing on February 2..