Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 268 · Decided 15 October 1968
State of Maharashtra v. Mumbai Upnagar Gramodyog Sangh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 268 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 392
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1654/1966
- Decided
- 15 October 1968
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, G.K. MITTER, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER (4-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19
Headnote
Bombay Municipal Corporation Act (3 of 1888), ai amended by Act 14 of 1961, ss. 372(g) and 385-0wner of dead animal to deposit carcass in specified place without selling-Corporation having riRht to dispose of carcass-If fundamental rights of owners and skinners affected. Constitution of India, carcasses-If owner .entitled to compensation. To ensure against the grave nuisance which may be caused to the residents of a locality if carcasses of dead animals are allowed to remain . on the premises within the city, ·a duty is imposed by ss. 367, 372 and 385 of the Bombay Municipal
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