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PETITIONER: ABDUL HAKIM QURAISHI AND OTHERS
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF BIHAR (AND CONNECTED PETITIONS)
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 23/11/1960
BENCH: DAS, S.K. BENCH: DAS, S.K. IMAM, SYED JAFFER KAPUR, J.L. SARKAR, A.K. SUBBARAO, K.
CITATION: 1961 AIR 448 1961 SCR (2) 610 CITATOR INFO : RF 1962 SC1371 (42,64) RF 1970 SC 93 (5) RF 1986 SC1205 (6) RF 1986 SC1213 (12)
ACT: Cattle Preservation--Ban on slaguhter of cattle below 20 or 25 years of age--Whether reasonable--Bihar Preservation and Improvement of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1959 (Bihar 1 of 1959), s. 3--Bihar Preservation and Improvement of Animals Rules,1960, r. 3--Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter (Amendment) Act, 1958 (U. P. 33 of 1958), s. 3--Madhya Pradesh Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act, 1959 (M. P. 18 of 1959), ss. 4(2)(a) and 5.
HEADNOTE: In Mohd. Hanif Quareshi v. The State of Bihar the Supreme Court held that a total ban on the slaughter of bulls, bullocks and she-buffaloes after they had ceased to be useful was not in the interests of the general public and was invalid. Thereafter, the Bihar Legislature passed the Bihar Preservation and Improvement of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1958, the Uttar Pradesh Legislature passed the U. P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter (Amendment) Act, 1958 and the Madhya Pradesh Legislature passed a new Act, th...