PIL

2023 - 3 - 31

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PIL against water, eatables sold for exorbitant prices at Chepauk (The Hindu)

The Madras High Court on Friday called for the response of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) to a public interest litigation petition which alleged that ...

He claimed that soft drinks too were poured in paper cups and sold at exorbitant costs of ₹50 and ₹100 depending upon the size of the cups. During the hearing of the case, Justice Chakravarthy said the organisers might have supplied water and soft drinks in paper cups because people were in the habit of throwing plastic bottles into the ground during the match. Instead, they were poured into 100 ml paper cups and each cup was sold for ₹10 in violation of the Legal Metrology Act of 2009, the litigant said.

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SC dismisses PIL seeking declaration of all animals as legal entities (The Tribune)

The PIL filed by the NGO People's Charioteer Organisation said that of late cases of cruelty towards animals have come to light.

The PIL placed reliance on verdicts of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Uttarakhand High Court, whereby all animals in the animal kingdom were recognised as legal entities and all the people were declared as “persons in loco parentis”. It sought direction of the court to declare all the citizens of the country as “persons in loco parentis” (in place of a parent) for the protection of animals from cruelty and abuse and to ensure their welfare. “Such incidents have further enraged many and made one ponder as to whether the laws in existence are sufficient enough to protect animals from possible abuse and cruelty,” the plea said, while referring to various incidents of cruelty in various states.

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Supreme Court rejects PIL seeking rights for animals at par with ... (India Legal)

The Supreme Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), which sought declaration of the entire animal kingdom, including the avian and aquatic ...

Such light laws were not only harmful to the society and animals, but had certain legal implications as well, noted the plea. Talking about the dearth of government data or any public record to track cases of Animal Abuse and Animal Cruelty in India, the plea alleged that NCRB has chosen not to publish specific data related to crimes against animals under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. Narasimha and Justice J.B. These judgements recognised all animals in the animal kingdom as legal entities and all citizens of these states were declared persons in loco parentis (in place of a parent), noted the plea, filed by Advocate Devesh Saxena, Secretary of Legal Cell of PCO. In order to protect the animals from cruelty and abuse, as well as to ensure their welfare, the petition requested the Apex Court to declare all citizens of the country as “persons in loco parentis”. Chandrachud, Justice P.S.

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