Supreme Court · 1986 INSC 84 · Decided 17 April 1986
Hazi Usmanbhai Hasanbhai Qureshi & ORS. v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1986 INSC 84 · [1986] 2 S.C.R. 719
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1734/1980
- Decided
- 17 April 1986
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, V. BALAKRISHNA ERADI, R.B. MISRA, V. KHALID (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19, 48
Headnote
719 A B Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1954 - B. 5 - Sub-s. (IA), els. (c) & (d)/sub-s. (2) - Ban on slaughter of bulls , and bullocks below the age of sixteen years - Whether imposes an unreasonable restriction on fundamental right to carry on '\trade or profession - Whether discriminatory. of bulls and bullocks below sixteen years - Whether constitutional and valid. Sub-section (l) of s. 5 of the Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1954 prohibits slaughter of animals except on a certificate in writing issued by the competent authority that the animal is fit for slaughter.
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