Animals and law

Karjat JN, station code KJT has a Refreshment Room -  Vegetarian . However non-vegetarian food is served in it.  Photographs of frontage of the RR-V are as under. Considering the above a complaint was recorded in complaint register maintained at Karjat station's assistant station master's office. The complaint number is 364134 dt. 21-08-2018. The Refreshment Room manager said that the board is wrong and that he has permission to sell non-vegetarian food from the concerned railway authorities. He also said that the same is true for R R Vegetarian at Neral and Kalyan station.   A little searching on the internet lead to an online article in the Times of India. According to the said article cooking and serving non-vegetarian food in a Vegetarian Refreshment Room is  not allowed , the article references a  reply given to a RTI application by Central Public Information Officer of Ministry of Railways, New Delhi. Please watch this place ...

According to PCA 1960 an animal can only be killed as provided under section 11(3) (c) the extermination or destruction of any animal under the authority of any law for the time being in force; or  (d) any matter dealt with in Chapter IV; or  (e) the commission or omission of any act in the course of the destruction or the preparation for destruction of any animal as food for mankind unless such destruction or preparation was accompanied by the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering Chapter IV deals with Experimentation of animals. The exemption related to religion is dealt with under section 28 and refers to the manner in which an animal is killed and not purpose. 28. Saving as respects manner of killing prescribed by religion : Nothing contained in this Act shall render it an offence to kill any animal in a manner require d by the religion of any community. It is therefore clear that the Corporation is abetting an immoral and allegedly ille...

It has been reported that Mahindra Sanyo Special Steel Pvt. Ltd. is killing, maiming and displacing dogs at their Jagdish Nagar, Khopoli. plant. The dogs are beaten to death with sticks by the company’s security staff. They do not spare even pregnant females. The concerned officer who has ordered killing, maiming and displacing dogs is Shri. Basu, phone number  8308828555 The dogs are killed only because it doesn’t look good with dogs around when the company has visitors.  Please intervene to save these poor, mute defenceless souls. Other Contact details of the said organisation -   http://www.mahindrasanyo.com/about-us/jv-overview.html

22 June, 2018, 7.00 am In an operation conducted in Vahur village, by Mahad City Police (02145-222149) under whose jurisdiction the village is located, in the early hours of 22 June, 2018, 5 cows have been rescued and beef and vehicle carrying it confiscated. Md Giyasuddin Shaikh and other suspects belonging to Shivaji Nagar, Govandi, Mumbai have been reportedly arrested. Mahad is a municipal town and taluka in Raigad district of Maharashtra. 

14 June, 2018, 3.30 pm On 13 June, 2018, Khalapur police raided a shed at a location under their jurisdiction, where bulls were allegedly kept for slaughter and rescued 19 bulls. Details awaited.

Chilling Jallikattu psychopathy documented in  Supreme Court of India,  Animal Welfare Board Of India vs A. Nagaraja & Ors on 7 May, 2014 also see para 62, the right to live guaranteed under Article 21 of CoI also applies to animals " 62. Every species has a right to life and security, subject to the law of the land, which includes depriving its life, out of human necessity.  Article 21  of the Constitution, while safeguarding the rights of humans, protects life and the word “life” has been given an expanded definition and any disturbance from the basic environment which includes all forms of life, including animal life, which are necessary for human life, fall within the meaning of  Article 21  of the Constitution. So far as animals are concerned, in our view, “life” means something more than mere survival or existence or instrumental value for human-beings, but to lead a life with some intrinsic worth, honour and dignity. Animals’ we...

In Ramavath Hanuma @ Hanumanthu, ... vs State Of Telangana, criminal revision case no 517 of 2017 has made statements that would be appreciated by any Hindu.  "... I n this Country-the Bharat, for those in belief who represent a majority of population, cow is a substitute to mother, who is a substitute to God. The cow in particular acquires a special sanctity and was called "Aghnya" (not to be slain). Thus, cow is a sacred national wealth and no one merely owned can claim, but for to rear, either to kill or to sell for slaughter...."