Supreme Court of India
State of West Bengal Etc. Etc. v. Ashutosh Lahiri and Ors.
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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
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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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Where later benches applied it
- 2017 Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others
- 2005 State of Gujarat v. Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat and Ors.
Of those, 2 mentioned
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