NEW DELHI, Jul. 8, 2023 (TBINN)
Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act that allows any animal to be killed for religious purposes.
The petition argued that after insertion of Article 51-A to the Constitution, Section 28 of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 cannot continue in as much as every citizen is under constitutional obligation to have compassion for living creatures.
It sought directions to stop animal sacrifice in name of religion. A bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice P.S. Narasimha noted that there was a delay of 358 days in filing the appeal against an Allahabad High Court order of 2017.
There is a delay of 358 days in filing the Special Leave Petition which has not been explained satisfactorily. Hence, without expressing any opinion on the question of law raised, the Special Leave Petition is dismissed on the ground of delay, the bench said.
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