Delhi High Court adjourned the PIL alleging rampant irregularities and illegalities, like suppression of deaths of protected species, in the administration of the National Zoological Park to November 29 on behalf of Advocate Uday Tiwari who was facing some personal difficulty.
Directing the authorities to take custody of the Hippopotamus, the Court said that the animal should be placed in Delhi Zoo and if the animal is recovered from any other site then the animal should be placed in a nearby Zoo