Supreme Court of India

Hinsa Virodhak Sangh v. Mirzapur Moti Kuresh Jamat & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 4 S.C.R. 1020

Bench H.K. Sema J.

Decided 14 March 2008

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l_ Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 19(1)(g) & 21: • c . Right to practice trade/business - Closure of slaughter house during festival - Reasonable restriction . vis-a-vis religious tolerance - Held: Resolution passed by Municipal Corporation closing municipal slaughter house during PARYUSHAN festival observed by Jain community not in violation of Articles 14, 19(1)(g) or 21 of Constitution as there is no clear violation of any constitl!tional provision by such -j.. resolutions - Since closure of the slaughter house was for a ., short period of nine days, resolutions not putting

Authorities it was built on

1958 Mohd. Hanif Quareshi & Others v. The State of Bihar cited by 32
2007 Bhagubhai Dhanabhai Khalasi and Anr. v. The State of Gujarat and Ors. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2020 Pandurang Ganpati Chaugule v. Vishwasrao Patil Murgud Sahakari Bank Limited referred to
2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2012 Namit Sharma v. Union of India referred to

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