Tag: Animals Act

Govt can’t wait indefinitely for states’ feedback on petshop rules: HC 

The Delhi High Court has said that the Centre cannot wait “indefinitely” for a feedback from states on draft rules regulating the running of pet shops. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said that sufficient time appears to have been given to states and union territories to give …

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November 5, 2017

Taking a leaf out of their book

My life has gone by in waiting for a change to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. Thousands of animals are being killed across the country and we need an instrument to punish them. It will, in turn, protect humans as well — anyone who is mean to an animal is going to …

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December 18, 2016