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Donald Netto and ors. Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh and anr.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2007CriLJ258

..... was caused to any of the horses to attract section 11 (a) of the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960, and as the change of the shoes is normal in this field depending upon the necessity, it cannot be an act of cruelty towards the animals. ..... prevention of cruelty to; animals act, 1960 ..... of transfer of the horses, a-l with the collusion of a-2 and a-3, removed the high heel shoe of two horses as mentioned above and replaced with flat heel shoe which was an act of brutality, hurting and to destroy a living animal intentionally and with a dishonest intention to pull down the performance of the horse 'onnu onnu onnu'. ..... the complainant, the change of the heels was detected on the same day after transfer of the horses to the other trainer, therefore, there was no pain or cruelty towards the animal and the resultant loss, if any, to the complainant.5. ..... , there must be misappropriation, dishonest use of the property entrusted to the accused and intentional inducement to accused to deliver any property by the complainant or by maiming the animal or cruelty towards the animal.14. ..... whether the accused committed criminal breach of trust or cheating or mischief by maiming the horses and by causing cruelty towards the animals. ..... of the same, an enquiry was conducted and came to a conclusion that the accused deliberately changed the horse shoes which will affect the performance of the horse including the cruelty to the horse by resulting in dislocation of joint shoulders or fractures to the horse. .....

Mohd. MoinuddIn Vs. the State of Andhra Pradesh

Court : Andhra Pradesh

..... section 29 of the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960, (in short, the act) deprives a person who is convicted of ownership of the seized animals to the following effect: "(1) if the owner of any animal is found guilty of any offence under this act, the court, upon his conviction thereof, may, if it thinks fit, in addition to any other punishment, make an order that the animal with respect to which the offence was committed shall be forfeited to government and may, further, make such order as to the disposal of the animal as it thinks fit ..... it is alleged that while those animals were transported for the purpose of being slaughtered, an fir was registered for alleged violation of the provisions of prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960, and the specific allegation in the fir was that the animals were transported for being slaughtered, and the animals were tied very tightly to each other. ..... 2)the petitioner/a2 and another (a1) are accused of offences punishable under sections 5,6 and 10 of the andhra pradesh prohibition of cows slaughter and animal prevention act, 1977 and section 11(1)(d) of prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960. .....

Sri Ramratan Jhawar Vs. Government of A.P. and anr.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR2003AP84; 2002(3)ALD804; 2002(4)ALT176

..... of prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960, (act no. ..... the first as contended for by learned counsel for the petitioners or are separate and independent items of directives as claimed by counsel on the other side, the directive for taking steps for preventing the slaughter of the animals is quite explicit and positive and contemplates a ban on the slaughter of the several categories of animals specified therein, namely, cows and calves and other cattle which answer the description of milch or draught cattle. ..... to the petitioner, article 48 lays down absolute and unconditional principle without any vagueness or ambiguity that the milch and draught animals of all kinds including cows and calves should be prohibited from slaughter and that only in the state of andhra pradesh the provisions of the act is being abused and cows, calves and buffaloes, bulls and bullocks are being slaughtered indiscriminately without any norms in collusion ..... exemptions:--subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in this behalf, the provisions of this act shall not apply to--(a) any animal operated upon for vaccine, lymph, serum or any experimental or research purpose at an institution established, conducted or recognised by the government;(b) any cow or animal--(i) slaughter of which is certified by a veterinary officer authorised by the government to be necessary in the interests of the public health;(ii) which is suffering from any disease which is certified by a veterinary officer authorised by .....

K. Basivi Reddy and ors. Vs. Guntur Municipality

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1969AP325

..... 369/63 filed by the guntur municipality, it is argued that the suit has to be dismissed because under section 5 of the prevention of cruelty to animals act the municipality if at all, can be punished if it contravened that section and that the civil court has no jurisdiction restraining the municipality from ..... has pleaded that the provisions of the prevention of cruelty to animals act are followed in that the least painful method ..... as also the provisions of the prevention of cruelty to animals act 2 of 1890 and that therefore, ..... section if any person kills any animal in an unnecessarily cruel manner could be liable to be punished under section 5 of the prevention of cruelty to animals act.5. ..... was whether the method by which the stray dogs were being caught and destroyed was unnecessarily cruel within the meaning of section 5 of the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1890. ..... by the municipal servants and by which they were being destroyed and whether those methods were cruel methods within the meaning of section 5 of the prevention of cruelty to animals act 2 of 1890. ..... plaintiffs in a representative capacity against the guntur municipality represented by its commissioner and special officer for a declaration that the notice dated 14-3-1961 under section 241 of the district municipalities act issued by the defendant to the effect that the unlicensed dogs straying within the guntur municipal limits would be destroyed from 1-4-1961 is void, illegal and without jurisdiction and the .....

Chief Secretary to Government of A.P., Gad and Others Vs. P.K. JaIn an ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 1998(5)ALD722; 1998(2)ALD(Cri)629; 1998(5)ALT339

..... it was contended that the auction of animals would ultimately lead to their slaughter and if that is allowed to happen, it would affect the sentiments oflarge section of society and it would also thwart the objectives of prevention of cruelty to animals act and a.p. ..... prohibition of the cow slaughter and animals preservation act and the prevention of cruelty to the animalsact, i960. ..... the hyderabad (slaughter of animals act), 1950 was enacted by the hyderabad state. ..... the laws which we have now for preventing cow slaughter and promotion of animal preservation were not then in existence. ..... whereas that is the state of affairs as far as post-independence laws dealing with animal welfare are concerned, it is a blessing in disguise that sub-section (2) of section 44 of the city police act has not been known for its implementation within the living memory of city police. ..... as per section 3 (iii), 'cow' includes a heifer of a calf, whether male or female of a cow; as the preamble says, this is an act to provide for prohibition of slaughter of cows, calves of cows and calves of she-buffaloes and for preservation of certain animals suitable for milch, breeding, draught or agricultural purposes in the state. ..... the court cannot be oblivious of other enactments aimed at promotion of animal welfare and prevention of cruel and obnoxious practices in relation to animals. .....

Wild Life Protection Society, Hyderabad Vs. State of A.P. and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2002(2)ALD346; 2002(2)ALT555

..... 21469 of 2000 was filed by visakha society for prevention of cruelty to animals represented by its president against the government of andhra pradesh represented by its secretary, forest department, the chief conservator of forests, chief wild life warden and ..... many-fold and reads thus:'.....to issue a writ or any other orderor direction in the nature of writ of mandamus to the respondents: (a) to effectively enforce the provisions of the wild life protection act of 1972 by providing additional measures and precautions to prevent such gory incidents in future in all the places of wild life habitat; (b) to direct the respondents to conduct a judicial enquiry into the killing of 13 months old tigress sakhi in the nehru ..... without any financial constraints and that the central government has also provided financial assistance to the state government for effective enforcement of the provisions of the wild life protection act, 1972 under the scheme of development of national parks and sanctuaries project tiger, project elephant and that the amount released so far under the 9th plan under this scheme is rs. ..... averments made in the counter-affidavit filed by the union of india, we are of the opinion that the 1st respondent-state of andhra pradesh has taken all precautionary measures to protect wild life animals and for enforcement of the provisions of the wild life protection act, 1972 under the scheme of development of national parks and sanctuaries, project tiger, project elephant. .....

Jasraj Shri Shrimal and ors. Vs. Govt. of A.P., Endowments Department ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2002(2)ALT656

..... system is being taken up about the ban on the sacrifices and the consequent punishments as per the prohibition of cruelty to animals and birds act if the people violated the said act. ..... xxxii of 1950) (hereinafter called 'the act'), if the people violate the said act;(iii) to exhibit boards, placards and press into service other means of communication to prevent transportation of animals to the temple from other districts and to install police check-posts in the entry points of the district so as to prevent the animals from entering the venue;(iv) to give due publicity about the prohibition of animal sacrifices in the electronic media and also in all the newspapers; ..... and(v) to warn the leaders not to perform 'disthi pooja' (worship to ward off evil) which will take place in the early hours of 16-1-1999 as a prelude to the massive animal sacrifices spreading over 3 to 4 days in the first week ..... this writ petition has been filed as a public interest litigation seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to prevent the massive sacrifice of animals offered to the deity seeking blessings during 'jathra' (fair) of sri lingamanthula swamy temple situated on the hillock, one kilometre away from durajapally village, chivemula mandal, nalgonda district by taking the .....

T. Purushotham Rao and Another Vs. State of Telangana, Rep. by its Pri ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

..... to the royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals was not thereby disabled from trying a charge brought by that body of cruelty to a horse. ..... , states in para 26 that the impugned notice is issued in exercise of statutory power under section 7 of the act and the exercise of power by the said statutory authority has nothing to do with the hierarchy of officers. ..... rule has thus come into vogue that ordinarily mere policy or official bias does not disentitle an official from acting as an adjudicator in a dispute in which either the departmental policy may be in issue, or the ..... collector is only administratively superior authority to the fourth respondent and statutory function or duty bestowed by the act on the fourth respondent cannot be put under administrative control of any other superior authority. ..... while the fourth respondent exercises statutory duty of a primary authority under the act, even the revenue divisional officer, who is the appellate authority, cannot exercise his administrative superiority over the statutory function to be exercised by the ..... the teeth of the aforesaid letter of the district collector, the impugned notice issued by the tahsildar under section 7 of the act would only be an empty formality, as the tahsildar is subordinate to the district collector and the entire issue is prejudged and pre-decided, as the primary as well as the appellate authority under the act is subordinate to the district collector and cannot come to a contrary conclusion. 4. .....

Punadipadu Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Society Ltd. Vs. D ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2009(6)ALT228

..... in section 1 of the prevention of cruelty to children act, 1894 lord russel, c.j ..... be modified, annulled or reversed, the tribunal may pass such order thereon as it may deem fit:(3) any appeal under sub-section (1) shall, subject to the other provisions of this act, be preferred within sixty days from the date of communication to the appellant of the decision, refusal or order complained of but the tribunal may admit an appeal preferred after the said period ..... action shall not be nullified even if the general body of the society passes a resolution negativing the findings of the registrar:provided further that notwithstanding anything contained in this act and rules made thereunder the bye-laws of a society and the action of the society in placing the inspection report along with findings of the registrar, the registrar ..... of trust in relation to the society or has caused any deficiency in the assets of the society by breach of trust or wilful negligence or has made any payment contrary to the provisions of this act, the rules or the bye-laws, the registrar himself, or any person specially authorized by him in this behalf, of his own motion or on the application of the committee, liquidator or any creditor ..... air 1985 sc 582 while dealing with the expression 'wilful', no doubt, in the context of tamil nadu buildings (lease and rent control) act, 1960 the apex court observed at para 21 as hereunder.before, however, going into this question further, let us find out the real meaning and .....

J. Gopalan Vs. Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad and Others

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1996AP371; 1996(1)ALT600

..... stray dogs is totally ultra vires of section 249(5) of the act; (b) that the new project/programme of sterilisation-immunisation of stray dogs is neither pragmatic nor viable approach to deal with the problem of over-population of stray dogs and moreover the new project ..... validly be delegated to an external agency like the third respondent blue cross in the absence of any provision in the act empowering it to delegate the performance of the said duty, and therefore the action of the first respondent to hand over the dog pound to the third respodent and empowering the latter to deal with ..... petitioner submitted that (a) the first respondent is under a statutory obligation as commanded by the provisions of sub-section (5) of the section 249 and section 112 of the act read with section 27 and section 66(f) of the hyderabad city police act, 1348f to destroy unlicenced and unclaimed stray dogs and this duty cast on the corporation is absolute and mandatory and under no circumstance the performance of its duty can ..... the cases of percieved cruelty to animals. ..... the mandatory duty of the corporation under section 112 of the act to make adequate provision for preventing the spread of infectious diseases does not include the duty to ..... of the act dealing with the prevention of the .....