Animals and law

In case of animal cruelty cases individuals have a locus standi. In the judgement,  Bal Gangadhar Tripathi Advocate, S/o Sri Kamla Prasad Tripathi And Others... Applicants; v. State of UP And Others... (Allahabad High Court, 19 Jan, 1996), para 5, it is said "The animals are national assets. They ... help maintain proper environment. ... Governmental machinery and efforts by themselves are not sufficient and therefore voluntary organisations have a definitely an important role to play in the matter. it is rare to find any private citizen approaching a Court of law for prevention of cruelty to animals. In fact, it is voluntary organisations and the persons having zeal and mission who come to Court and bring the matter to the notice of the Court or to the notice of the appropriate Governmental authorities. Thus, these matters are in the nature of public interest litigation although the case may be tried or concluded largely within the frame work of the Code of Crimina...

This is about a  Nirbhaya  of another species. A lactating female canine was allegedly  raped with a rod and then killed  in front of her puppies. According to a news report, " a watchman... inserted a rod into a stray dog's ... vagina and gouged out her entrails while her seven puppies lay beside her",  the accused is out on a  bail of Rs. 3000 . What charges have been applied are not known. Has I PC 377  been applied? It seems that IPC 375 considers rape even when an  object  has been used to penetrate the reproductive or excretory organs of the victim. Punishment under IPC 377 could extend to a life term in jail, and for now make it more difficult to get bail. Section 377 of IPC has been the focus of a lot of pro & anti libtard drama , without any consideration to the fact that it protects animals against bestiality in India, unlike other jurisdictions where it is legal . (Video is representational and linked from YouTu...

  Mohd. Hanif Quareshi & Others vs The State Of Bihar, 23 April, 1958  refers to a Supreme Court of India judgement delivered in the year 1958. It contains observations related to gaushalas, what it calls gosadans. It mentions that gosadans were concentration camps, where inmates were left " to a fate of slow death".  Interestingly the said judgement mentions recommendations of  The Cattle Preservation and Development Committee set up by the Government of India in 1948, that gosadans should provide two acres of land per inmate. Related to the subject is an undated report, titled Gau Gaatha, Tale of the Cow , based on, it is claimed, an investigation that has covered 179 gaushalas in 13 states and 2 union territories, has been shared by  FIAPO  through its email newsletter of 6 September, 2018. Though the report has made appropriate and playing to the anti-Hindu gallery noises, about Injun's enemy number 1: gau rakshaks, without using...

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.