While hearing the Vanatara case, the Supreme Court said that there are many things in our country that we can be proud of. They should not be entangled in useless controversies.

In the case of Vantara Wildlife Center of Jamnagar, Gujarat, the Supreme Court has said that if someone wants to keep an elephant and does so by following all the rules, then what is wrong with that? The court said this while completing the hearing of the case on Monday (September 15, 2025). However, the court has not passed any order yet.

The report of the Special Investigation Team was also presented in today's hearing. A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court demanding a thorough investigation into illegal wildlife transfer and illegal captivity of elephants in Vantara. In the hearing on August 25, the court directed the formation an SIT to investigate these allegations.

The SIT includes former Supreme Court judge Justice J. Chelameswar, former Chief Justice of Uttarakhand and Telangana High Court Raghavendra Chauhan, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale, and senior IRS officer Anish Gupta.

The bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and

Justice Prasanna Varale praised the SIT for submitting the report in such a short time. Senior advocate Harish Salve, who appeared for Vantara, said that we do not want the entire report to be made public. Many people in the world have business rivalry with us. They can misuse it. On this, Justice Mithal said that the court will not allow this to happen. We will give you the report so that you can make improvements wherever needed.

Advocate Harish Salve said that of course, we will take the necessary steps. During the hearing, the court said that the committee's report has come. It is on the questions decided by us. Now no one will be allowed to raise the same question again and again.

When the petitioner raised the issue of temple elephants, the bench asked him, ' How do you know that the temple elephants are not being taken care of properly ?' The court said that there are many things in our country that we can be proud of. They should not be entangled in unnecessary controversies. The court said that if someone wants to keep an elephant and does so by following all the rules, then what is wrong in it.