Supreme Court of India

Nair and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] 3 S.C.R. 353
Bench B.N. Kirpal, U.C. Banerjee and Brijesh Kumar JJ.
Decided 1 May 2001

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Prevention of cruelty to Animals Act, 1960: Ss. 22, 24 and 29-Cruelty to animals-Exhibition and training of performing animals-Prohibition on-Notification dated 14. 10. 1998 issued c by Government of India prohibiting exhibition and training of bears, monkeys, tigers, panthers and lions-Held, is within the parameters of the Act-Power - contained in S.22' to restrict exhibition and training of performing animals resulting in unnecessary pain or suffering to them is not unguided-Since circus owners keep animals only for exhibition and training, they cannot retain the animals referred to in the

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Of those, 1 referred to · 2 mentioned

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