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Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1954

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MUSABHAI ALLRAKHABHAI RADIYA THRO RADIYA ISMAIL ALARKHAversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

38-RULE ABSOLUTE/ALLOWED @ FH

Musabhai Allrakhbai Radiya was preventively detained on 12‑04‑2026 under the Gujarat Prevention of Anti‑social Activities Act, 1985 as a “cruel person”. He challenged the order, arguing that his alleged offences relate only to law and order, not public order, and that he does not meet the statutory …

FARUK YUSUFBHAI BABI THRO BABI SHABIR YUSUFBHAIversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

38-RULE ABSOLUTE/ALLOWED @ FH

The petitioner was preventively detained on 12‑04‑2026 by the District Magistrate of Devbhumi Dwarka under the Gujarat Prevention of Anti‑social Activities Act, 1985 as a “cruel person”. The petitioner challenged the detention, arguing that the alleged offences did not relate to public order and …

NOORJAHA W/O KHALID TEKA THRO UMER FARUQ AHMEDHUSEN HAYATversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

38-RULE ABSOLUTE/ALLOWED @ FH

Noorjaha, detained under a preventive detention order dated 22‑12‑2025 pursuant to Section 2(bbb) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti‑social Activities Act, 1985 as a ‘cruel person’, challenged the order through a petition filed by her brother. The petitioner argued that no material was placed before …

BHARAT AMRATLAL KOTHARI AND ANOTHERversusDOSUKHAN SAMADKHAN SINDHI AND ORS.

2009 INSC 1213Case Partly allowed

The Supreme Court examined an appeal by animal‑right activist Bharat Kothari against a Gujarat High Court order that quashed an FIR alleging cruelty to nearly 2,000 goats and sheep and simultaneously convicted six livestock owners (respondents) under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, …

STATE OF GUJARATversusMIRZAPUR MOTI KURESHI KASSAB JAMAT AND ORS.

2005 INSC 525Dismissed

The Gujarat Legislature enacted the Bombay Animal Preservation (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1994, imposing a total ban on the slaughter of bulls and bullocks of any age. Butchers (Kureshis) challenged the amendment as an unreasonable restriction on their right to practice any profession under Article …

HAZI USMANBHAI HASANBHAI QURESHI & ORS.versusSTATE OF GUJARAT

1986 INSC 84Dismissed

The appellants, dealers in beef, challenged the Gujarat amendment to the Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1954 that prohibited the issuance of slaughter certificates for bulls and bullocks below sixteen years of age. They argued that the ban unreasonably restricted their right to carry on trade under …