A PIL petition seeking to quash an order permitting temporary slaughter houses during the pandemic and a prayer to ban slaughter outside abattoirs was rendered infructuous and dismissed. The order was withdrawn, and only a general ban prayer was refused.
NIL
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1-CrPIL-4-2023
Pdp
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 4 OF 2023
Jiv Maitri Trust .. Petitioner
Versus
State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Respondents
Mr. Raju Gupta a/w Ms. Neelam Yadav, Ms. Darshika Vasani for petitioner.
Mr. Jahangir Khan for applicant/intervenor-Mohammed Haneef Nadir Husain Qureshi (IA/2017/2023).
Mr. A. R. Patil, APP for respondent nos.1 and 3/State. Mr. N. R. Bubna for respondent no.2/Corporation.
CORAM: DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ. & ARIF S. DOCTOR, J.
DATE: 6th SEPTEMBER, 2023
P.C.:
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“the Corporation”) to be unconstitutional and ultra vires and to quash the same. Another prayer made in the PIL petition is that the Court may hold that no animal can be slaughtered/sacrificed outside an abattoir even on special occasions.
(ARIF S. DOCTOR, J.) (CHIEF JUSTICE)
Digitally signed byPRAVIN PRAVIN DASHARATH DASHARATH PANDIT PANDIT Date: 2023.09.08 10:53:29 +0530
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether to declare an order permitting temporary slaughter houses as unconstitutional and ultra vires.
Whether to prohibit animal slaughter outside abattoirs generally.
Jiv Maitri Trust
State of Maharashtra
Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation
Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya
Arif S. Doctor
As recorded by the court registry
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