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

On 26-10-2018, on the Pune lane of Mumbai-Pune highway, at Mahad phata, in the jurisdiction of Khalapur police station, district Raigad, Maharashtra, a mule was killed when it was as informed by eyewitnesses, hit by a trailer truck.

Incident time: 4.00-4.25 pm on 06 October, 2018 Incident at Shil phata, Khopoli. 410203, Chicken being transported upside down on a motorcycle 

Bull has been hit by a pick up Jeep on 15-10-2018 at about 7.30 pm, on Mumbai - Pune highway, Pune lane, outside shetki farm, near Shedavli phata, Khopoli. 410203 Major injury to back near tail. The bull cannot get up. Unfortunately no veterinary aid could be given as no veterinarian or para-vet, government or private was available. The bull has been transported to a safer location. Presently at: Acharya farm, Mahad - Sajgaon Road, taluka Khalapur, district Raigad.410202  With :- Laxman Pawar 84548 69509 Vaibhav Laxman Pawar 96379 34523 Update: 16-10-18 evening Dr. Gaikwad Government veterinarian, Khalapur is handling the case, prognosis is not known. Update: 17-10-18, condition poor. Update  18-10-2018 at about 2.00 pm. Ram bull being loaded into pickup truck for being transported to BSPCA hospital,  Parel, Mumbai, 400012, on advice of Dr. Gaikwad, veterinarian, at Khalapur.  Update 18-10-2018 at about 4.00 pm. Now Ram has been admitted a

It was reported that a dog named Dolly was living under conditions, that are illegal under Indian law. This is how case was dealt with.  The "owner" was approached, he was requested to remedy the situation or surrender the animal. He refused to do so. He was reminded that his action was illegal and that he was leaving no course of action, but a police complaint against him. He said that he didn't care a damn about the police. The place where Dolly was tied was photographed and video was taken. It was observed that Dolly was tied on a very short leash, in filthy surroundings, information was obtained that suggested that she was not adequately exercised, considering that she was tied all the time. It also came to be known the water bowl and food bowl wasn't cleaned for days and that she was not regularly and properly fed, and provided with clean water.  The concerned police station was approached. The situation was verbally as written in (2) above was conveyed