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 …
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 …
The petitioner, Gulam Mustufa, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution challenging a detention order dated 02.01.2026 issued by the Commissioner of Police, Vadodara, under Section 3(1) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti‑social Activities Act, 1985. The order detained the …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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