Chandigarh, Sept. 27 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has declined to quash a complaint against a city-based studio for the illegal act of keeping and displaying a protected monkey species in 2020.

"The complaint and the material accompanying it, when considered at the required threshold, disclose sufficient grounds for the continuation of the proceedings. No exceptional circumstance has been established which may justify interference by this court in exercise of its inherent jurisdiction," the bench of justice Manisha Batra observed while dismissing the plea from one Kamaljit Singh, owner of the studio.

According to the complaint by the department of forest and wildlife, Chandigarh, an information was received from People for ...