PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS PETA INDIA vs THE COMMITTEE FOR CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS CCSEA, MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN & ANR.

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$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 16.09.2025 + W.P.(C) 9350/2025 and CM APPLs.39564/2025, 44484/2025, 44511/2025, 46954/2025, 47384/2025, 48673/2025 & 50602/2025 PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS PETA INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Advocate along with Ms. Pritha Srikumar, Ms. Arunima Kedia, Ms. Meghna Sharma, Ms. Saumya Sinha and Mr. W. Wasin, Advocates. versus THE COMMITTEE FOR CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS CCSEA, MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rajesh Gogna, CGSC along with Mr. Shivam Tiwari, Ms. Priya, Ms. Robina and Mr. Anubhav Tyagi (GP), Advocates. Mr. Vivek Kohli, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. S. Santanam Swaminadhin, Mr. Kartik Malhotra, Mr. A. Mandal, Ms. Vasudha Chadha, Advocates for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking the W.P.(C) 9350/2025 Page 1 of 20 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ROHIT KUMAR PATEL Signing Date:16.09.2025 16:19:39 following prayers: “a. Issue a writ of mandamus to Respondent No. 1 to revoke the licenses and registrations granted to Respondent No. 2 to breed or use animals and to permanently shut down the facility; b. ⁠Issue appropriate directions for rehabilitation of the animals currently housed at the facility of Respondent No. 2; c. Award costs of this petition; and e. Pass such further or other orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case”. 2. The petitioner is a reputed animal welfare organisation registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956, that works extensively towards the prevention of animal sufferin