Jitendra Hanumant Kolekar v. State of Maharashtra Throu. the Chief Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Public Interest Litigation; bullock cart races Maharashtra; Animal Welfare Board of India v/s. Union of India 2023(9) SCC 322; issue no longer res integra; directions already issued by Supreme Court; District Magistrates/competent authorities strict compliance; maintainability of PIL questioning validity of statute or statutory rule; Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee v/s. C.K. Rajan (2003) 7 SCC 546; Rule 10(3)(iii) Maharashtra Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Conduct of Bullock Cart Race) Rules 2017; validity kept open for appropriate proceedings; PIL disposed of; Bombay High Court; Alok Aradhe CJ; Sandeep V. Marne J.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief or fresh directions granted; PIL disposed of with liberty to the Petitioner to report violations of the Supreme Court's directions to the authorities, and with the challenge to Rule 10(3)(iii) kept open for appropriate proceedings.