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Petition in Delhi High Court: Kapil Dev, the former captain of the Indian cricket team, and his wife have filed a petition in the Delhi High Court.

Objective: The petition seeks stricter laws regarding cruelty to animals and challenges specific provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.

Concern Over Cruelty: Kapil Dev and his wife, along with animal rights activist Anjali Gopalan, are filing the petition due to repeated incidents of barbaric treatment of animals.

Listing for Hearing: The High Court has listed the petition for hearing on October 13, indicating that it will be reviewed by the court.

High Court Bench: The petition was heard before a bench consisting of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjiv Narula.

Additional Information: The counsel for the petitioners was given time to present certain decisions related to the case on record during the hearing.

Arbitrary Section 11: The petition particularly challenges Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act

Trivialization of Life: It is argued that Section 11 trivializes animal life by considering mutilation and killing of animals as small and insignificant act