Animals and law

  The Hon'ble Punjab and Haryana High Court in Karnail Singh & Ors., V/s State of Haryana ,  vide order dated 31.5.2019 , held that:- 29. The entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic are declared as legal entities having a distinct persona with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person. All the citizens throughout the State of Haryana are hereby declared persons in loco parentis as the human face for the welfare/protection of animals.“Live and let live.” The Hon'ble Uttaranchal High Court in  Narayan Dutt Bhatt vs Union Of India And Others vide order dated 4 July, 2018 , held that:- 99 (A). The entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic are declared as legal entities having a distinct persona with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person. All the citizens throughout the State of Uttarakhand are hereby declared persons in loco parentis as the human face for the welfare/protection of animals.

  Provisions of Rule 3, 4 and 5 of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Care & Maintenance of Case Property Animals) Rules, 2017 :   3.       Custody of animals pending litigation. — When an animal has been seized under the provision of the Act or the rules made thereunder —   (a) the authority seizing the animal shall ensure health inspection, identification and marking such animal, through the jurisdictional veterinary officer deployed at Government Veterinary Hospital of the area and marking may be done by ear tagging or by chipping or by any less irksome advance technology but marking by hot branding, cold branding and other injurious marking shall be prohibited;   (b) the magistrate may direct the animal to be housed at an infirmary, pinjrapole, SPCA, Animal Welfare Organisation or Gaushala during the pendency of the litigation.   4. Cost of care and keeping of animal pending litigation .— (1) The State Board shall within three months from the date of comm

Whereas in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (o) of sub section (2) of section 92 read with section 31 of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006)  the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India hereby made the following Regulations, namely,-  FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS (LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF FOOD BUSINESSES), REGULATIONS 2011  Schedule 4 (See Regulation 2.1.2) General Hygienic and Sanitary practices to be followed by Food Business operators Part I - General Hygienic and Sanitary practices to be followed by Petty Food Business Operators applying for Registration (See Regulation 2.1.1(2)) Part-II (See Regulation 2.1.1(4)) General Requirements on Hygienic and Sanitary Practices to be followed by all Food Business Operators applying for License PART IV (See Regulation 2.1.2 (1)(5)) Specific Hygienic and Sanitary Practices to be followed by Food Business Operators engaged in manufacture, processing, storing and selling of Meat and Meat Products The said Regulation