Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 525 · Decided 26 October 2005
State of Gujarat v. Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 525 · [2005] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 582
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4937/1998
- Decided
- 26 October 2005
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, B.N. AGRAWAL, ARUN KUMAR, G.P. MATHUR, A.K. MATHUR, C.K. THAKKER, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (7-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(6)
Headnote
OF GUJARAT v. MJRZAPUR MOTi KURESHI KASSAB JAMA T AND ORS. OCTOBER 26, 2005 [R.C. LAHOTI, CJ., B.N. AGRA WAL, ARUN KUMAR, G.P. MATHUR, A.K. MATHUR, C.K. THAKKER AND P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN, JJ.) Constitution of India, 1950: C Articles 19(/)(g), (6), 48, 48-A and 51-A--Constitutional validity of the the Act is intra vires the Constitution-The ban on slaughter of cow progeny as imposed by the Act D is in the interest of general public within the meaning of clause (6) of Article 19-Protection conferred by the Act on cow progeny is needed in the interest of Nation's economy--The Act
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