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The Animal Welfare Board of India and Ors. v. Union of India & Anr

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Reported as [2023] 7 S.C.R. 426
Bench K. M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 18 May 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the defects pointed out in the aforesaid two judgments have been overcome by the State Amendment Act read with the Rules made in that behalf.

Judgment, page 50

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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 – Prevent ion of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017 – Preventi on of Cruelty to Animals (Maharashtra Amendment) Act, 2017 – Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Second mendment) Act, 2017 – Held: The expressions Jallikattu, Kamba la and Bull Cart Race as introduced by the Amendment Acts of the three S tates have undergone substantial change in the manner they we re used to be practiced or performed and the factual condit ions that prevailed at the time the . Nagaraja judgment was delivered cannot be equated with the present

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