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Telladarla Obanna @ Obaiah Vs. the Secretary to Government of Andhra P ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2007(2)ALD77

..... rule 7 framed under the act, provides that provisions of the west bengal animal slaughter control act, 1950, shall not apply to the slaughter of any animal for religious, medicinal or research purpose subject to the condition that such slaughter does not affect the religious sentiment of the neighbours of the person or persons performing such slaughter and that the previous permission of the state government or any officer authorized by it is obtained before the slaughter. ..... animal slaughter control act, 1950 (slaughter control act). ..... the high court of calcutta allowed the writ petition on the holding that the government had no power to grant such exemption as there was total ban on slaughter of healthy cows and other animals mentioned in schedule under section 2 of slaughter control act. ..... the government of west bengal issued said notification under section 12 of w.b. ..... in state of west bengal v. ..... ashutosh lahiri : air1995sc464 , the exemption notification permitting slaughter of cows on the occasion of bakri-idd was challenged. .....

P.G. Narayanan Vs. the Union of India (Uoi), Rep. by the Secretary, Mi ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2005(3)CTC582; (2005)3MLJ210; [2005]62SCL586(Mad)

..... high court recognizing the locus standi of the writ petitioners as representing the hindu segment of the society which felt aggrieved by the impugned exemption granted by the state exempting the operation of the west bengal animal slaughter control act, 1950 on bakrid day. ..... standing outside the doors of the court never moves, which piquant situation creates frustration in the minds of genuine litigants and resultantly, they lose faith in the administration of our judicial system.a person acting bona fide and having sufficient interest in the proceeding of public interest litigation will alone have a locus standi and can approach the court to wipe out violation of fundamental rights and genuine infraction ..... state of west bengal] are relevant : 'court has to strike balance between two conflicting interests - (i) nobody should be allowed to indulge in wild and reckless allegations besmirching the character of others; and (ii) avoidance of public mischief and ..... of west bengal ..... west bengal ..... of west bengal v ..... it was further submitted that if the petitioner was relying on the provisions of the competition act, then a reading of the act would show that the act cannot be invoked until an agreement is entered into pursuant to the grant of a license and that stage has ..... quia timet action is defined as 'one a claimant may bring to obtain an injunction to prevent or restrain some threatened act which, if it is done, would or may cause substantial damage and for which money would not be a sufficient .....

State of West Bengal, Etc. Vs. Ashutosh Lahiri and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1995SC464; JT1995(7)SC443; 1994(4)SCALE979; (1995)1SCC189; [1994]Supp5SCR515

..... under the act, provides that provisions of the west bengal animal slaughter control act, 1950, shall not apply to the slaughter of any animal for religious, medicinal or research purpose subject to the condition that such slaughter does not affect the religious sentiment of the neighbours of the person or persons performing such slaughter and that the previous permission of the state government or any officer authorised by it is obtained before the slaughter. ..... had filed the writ petition before the calcutta high court, challenging the validity of exemption of slaughter of scheduled animal, namely, cows, from the operation of the west bengal animal slaughter (control) act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the 'act') bakri-idd day. ..... even this aspect is not relevant for deciding the parameters of section 12 of the west bengal act, even if that be the position in gujarat presently, which is not so according to the learned counsel ..... hand learned counsel for the original writ petitioners, respondents in these appeals, contended that the act is meant for controlling the slaughter of animals including the cows and buffaloes and this is with the object of increasing the supply of milk and avoiding the wastage of animal power necessary for improvement of agriculture. ..... the preamble of the act shows it was enacted to control the slaughter of certain animals as it was expedient to do so with a view to increase the supply of milk and to avoid the wastage of animal power necessary for improvement .....

Mohd. Hanif Quareshi and ors. Vs. the State of Bihar

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1958SC731; [1959]1SCR629

..... thus the assam cattle protection act, 1950, the bombay animal preservation act, 1948, the west bengal animal slaughter control act, 1950, the hyderabad slaughter of animal act, 1950, the travancore-cochin notification permit slaughter of cattle and buffaloes over specified years of age. ..... , there is now a total ban on the slaughter of 'cows' which by the new definition includes a male or female calf of a cow ..... and berar animal preservation act, 1949, as it originally stood, the slaughter of all categories of animals mentioned in the original schedule were only controlled by the requirement of a certificate from the appropriate authority before the actual slaughter, by the amending act xxiii of 1951, a total ban was imposed on the slaughter of 'cows' which was then defined as including only a female calf of a cow and the slaughter of all other categories of animals coming within the original schedule was controlled and finally after the amending act x of 1956 .....

Md. Yakub Mallik Vs. Commissioner of the Garden Reach Municipality and ...

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1957Cal460,61CWN479

..... it appears that there is a slaughter house of which the petitioner is a part owner, and this has been licensed by the municipality, and the slaughter house obtained the requisite certificate as provided for in section 4 of the west bengal animal slaughter control act 1950 (act xii of 1950). ..... it is stated therein that for the enforcement of the animal slaughter control act 1950, in its letter and spirit, license for a separate stockyard under section 407 of the bengal municipal act 1932 is being given to jonab harun rashid and ahamadur rahman on certain terms and conditions. ..... that notice states that for the strict enforcement of the animal slaughter control act, 1950, it is ordered that all animals intended for slaughter should be produced for proper examination in the stockyard of jonab harun rashid and ahamadur rahman and no animal should be passed for slaughter if the same be not kept under observation in the above stockyard for at least 24 hours before examination. ..... west bengal animal slaughter con-trol act, a certificate has to be obtained from the president of the municipality etc. ..... this circular lavs down the model condition for the grant or withdrawal of licenses for slaughter houses and clause 7 lays dawn that there shall be a quarantine pen maintained for the purposes of the slaughter house where animals which show signs of developing any disease communicable to human beings may be isolated for observation. .....

Indian Young Lawyers Association Vs. The State of Kerala

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... while approving the judgment of the high court, observed that the state of west bengal had wrongly invoked section 12 of the west bengal animal slaughter control act, 1950 on the ground that exemption of slaughtering healthy cows was required to be given 33 air1958sc73134 air1995sc46474 for the muslim ..... devotees of lord ayyappa do not constitute a religious denomination within the meaning of article 26 and that sabarimala temple is a public temple by virtue of the 63 fact that section 15 of the 1950 act vests all powers of direction, control and supervision over it in the travancore devaswom board which, in our foregoing analysis, has been unveiled as other authority within the meaning of article 12, resultantly fundamental rights including those guaranteed under ..... in sub-section (1) shall be,- (i) in relation to a place of public worship situated in any area to which part i of the travancore-cochin religious institutions act, 1950 (travancore-cochin act xv of 1950), extends, the travancore devaswom board; hindu (ii) in relation to a place of public worship situated in any area to which part ii of the said act extends, the cochin devaswom board; and (iii) in relation to a place of public worship situated in any other area in the state of kerala, ..... court opined thus:"...before the state can exercise the exemption power under section 12 in connection with slaughter of any healthy animal covered by the act, it must be shown that such exemption is necessary to be granted for sub-serving .....

Gadadhar Ghosh Vs. State of West Bengal

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1963Cal565,67CWN460

..... he states in his affidavit-in-opposition: (a) '(sic) order to centralise slaughter of animals for (sic) of meat to the public as well for maximum utilisation of the blood and glands of animals slaughtered for medicinal purposes, under proper control and supervision, it is necessary to establish a slaughter house with adequate capacity. ..... he believes that the government was pursuaded (whom by he does not expressly say) to start the slaughter-house scheme, he condemns the whole thing as an attempt or a pretext to deprive west bengal of the beneficial provisions of the directive principles contained in article 48 of the constitution, to benefit hide merchants and butchers and to rob the state of plentitude in the supply of milk and ghee. 13 ..... adhikary, a deputy secretary to the department of animal husbandry and veterinary services, government of west bengal, pleaded certain facts in justification of the land acquisition ..... , director of veterinary services and animal husbandry, west bengal as chairman; sarvashri s. r. ..... civil budget estimate for the year 1960-61 and the west bengal appropriation bill 1960, as presented and in which provision in respect of the scheme was included, were passed by the west bengal legislative assembly in the last budget sessions. ..... wrenberg the government of west bengal has taken steps for the acquisition of lands * * * * * * * * (f) that the object of the acquisition being urgent the government has proceeded under section 17(1) of the land acquisition act.' 6. .....

Shaikh Zahid Mukhtar and Others Vs. The State of Maharashtra and Other ...

Court : Mumbai

..... , therefore, hold that before the state can exercise the exemption power under section 12 in connection with slaughter of any healthy animal covered by the act, it must be shown that such exemption is necessary to be granted for subserving an essential religious, ..... lal (supra), the canadian supreme court was considering the constitutionality of the presumption engrafted in section 8 of the narcotic control act, 1970 of canada on the anvil of section 11(d)of the canadian charter of rights and freedoms, which guaranteed the presumption ..... state of west bengal [(1975) 3 scc 198 : 1974 scc (cri) 816 : (1975) 1 scr 778] which was a decision given by a bench of five judges, this court considered the challenge of clause (d) of article 19(1) to the constitutional validity of the maintenance of internal security act, 1971 and held that that act did not violate the ..... article 6(2) of the european convention on human rights, 1950 also states that everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent ..... gopalan case [air 1950 sc 27 : 1950 scr 88 : 51 cri lj 1383] which have great weight, we find that even on principle the concept of reasonableness must be projected in the procedure contemplated by article 21, having regard to the impact ..... gopalan case [air 1950 sc 27 : 1950 scr 88 : 51 cri lj 1383] in regard to the nature of the procedure required to be prescribed under article 21 and at least three of the learned judges out of five expressed themselves strongly in favour of the .....

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

Court : Andhra Pradesh

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

..... a writ petition was filed before the calcutta high court challenging the validity of exemption of slaughter of scheduled animals namely, cows, from the operation of the west bengal animal slaughter central act, 1950 on bakrid-idd day. ..... 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 the government as being contagious and ..... pollution control board, 0043/1993 : air1993ap257 , filed by head of the women wing of the society for protection of animals for the state of andhra pradesh, honorary welfare officer of the animal board, government of india against the establishment of a mechanised slaughter house i.e. ..... in the madhya pradesh state, there is a total ban on the slaughter of cow, male or female calves of a cow, bulls, bullocks, or heifers and the slaughter of buffaloes (male or female adults or calves) are controlled in that their slaughter is permitted under certificate granted by the proper authorities mentioned in the act.22. .....

Sheikh Bishmillah Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh and ors.

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : 1994(0)MPLJ224

..... the learned counsel for the petitioner argued that the total ban imposed by the state legislature on the slaughter of useless and inefficient animals is unconstitutional, as it infringes the fundamental rights guaranteed under article 19(1)(g) of the constitution of india and is not saved either under clause (6) of article 19 or under the directive principles enshrined in chapter iv of the constitution, particularly ..... west bengal ..... an appraisal, the authors have collected figures on feed and fodders available in india between the period 1950-51 to 1983-84 and according to the authors' estimation dry fodder availability grew at the linear trend rate of 2.8% per year during 1950-51 to 1970-72 and 3% a year during 1972-73 to 1983-84 and the corresponding rates of growth for concentrate feed were 1.9% to 3.1% a year and for cultivated green fodder the rates were ..... to human health as it is a source of pollution which is a major concern of the present day and therefore the central government is required to enact three laws : (i) water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974, (ii) air (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1981 and, (iii) environment (protection) act, 1986.21. ..... on decline in productivity of major input in indian agriculture 1950-51 to 1988-89 it is found that there is impressive revolution so far as the input of agriculture is concerned, but there has been no corresponding increase in output and it is suggested that effective programme for conservation of soil .....