Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal Etc. Etc. v. Ashutosh Lahiri and Ors.

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Reported as [1994] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 515
Bench Kuldip Singh, B. L. Hansaria and S.B. Majmumdar JJ.
Decided 16 November 1994

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What the Court ordered

Before parting we may mention that one preliminary objection was raised before the High Court about the petitioners, locus standi to move the writ petition.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950-Section 12- Exemption of slaughter of healthy cows on Bakri-ldd day-Validity challenged-Whether such slaughter of cows by members of Muslim community on Bakri Idd was an essential requirement of Muslim religion- Held, No, as such an exemption was outside the scope of section 12. Respondents filed a tVrit petition challenging the validity of exemption of slaughter of scheduled animal, namely, cows, from the operation of the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950 on Bakri-Idd day. The writ petitioners contended that the State of West Bengal

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