Supreme Court of India

Abdul Hakim Quraishi and Others v. The State of Bihar (and Connected Petitions)

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Reported as [1961] 2 S.C.R. 610
Bench Syed Jaffer Imam J.
Decided 23 November 1960

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Cattle Preservation-Ban on slaguhter of cattle below 20 or a5 years of age-Whether reasonable-Bihar Preservation and Improve­ ment of Animals (Amendment) Act, x959 (Bihar I of x959), s. 3- Bihar Preservation and Improvemrnt of Animals Rules, x960, r. 3....:. Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter (Amendment) Act, x958 (U. P. 33 of x958), s. 3-M adhya Pradesh Agricultural Cattle Pre­ servation Act, x959 (M. P. x8 of x959), ss. 4(2)(a) and 5. 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

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