Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 239 · Decided 1 May 2001
Nair and Ors . v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 239 · [2001] 3 S.C.R. 353
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3609/2001
- Decided
- 1 May 2001
- Bench
- B.N. KIRPAL, U.C. BANERJEE, BRIJESH KUMAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
E Prevention of cruelty to Animals Act, 1960: Ss. 22, 24 and 29-Cruelty to animals-Exhibition and training of performing animals-Prohibition on-Notification dated 14. 10. 1998 issued c by Government of India prohibiting exhibition and training of bears, monkeys, tigers, panthers and lions-Held, is and training of performing animals resulting in unnecessary pain or suffering to them is not unguided-Since circus owners keep animals only for exhibition and training, they cannot D retain the animals referred to in the notification-However, Central Government has set up rescue homes for such
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