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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Cattle trade ban rules were not placed before Parliament -Krishnadas Rajagopal

Cattle trade ban rules were not placed before Parliament -Krishnadas Rajagopal

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published Published on Aug 5, 2017   modified Modified on Aug 5, 2017
-The Hindu

In reply to RTI plea, Lok Sabha Secretariat says Centre did not follow procedure.

A Lok Sabha Secretariat reply to a Right To Information request made by one of the petitioners who has challenged the cattle slaughter ban rules in the Supreme Court reveals that the rules were never laid before the Parliament, which the government should have done before implementing them.

Having triggered an avalanche of litigation across the country, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules of 2017, which bans the sale of cattle in livestock markets for the purpose of slaughter or animal sacrifices, is back to the drawing board. Notified on May 23, 2017, the rules mandate that cattle should only be sold in animal markets for farming purposes.

On August 4, 2017, petitioner Sabu Stephen, represented by advocate V.K. Biju, exposed before a Bench led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar another chink in the government’s slaughter ban rules.

Section 38A of the Prevention of Cruelty Act of 1960 — the parent Act under which the rules are made — mandates that any rule made by the Centre under it ought to be laid before each House of the Parliament “as soon as it is made”. The rules would be placed before the Parliament for a total 30 days. Any modification agreed upon by both Houses of the Parliament should be incorporated in the rules or else they would have no effect.

The July 27, 2017 reply of the Lok Sabha Secretariat says the Parliament had no information about the rules. The RTI reply, in clear terms, said the livestock rules were “not forwarded by the Ministry concerned, i.e., the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, for laying on the table of the House so far. Hence, not laid till date”.

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The Hindu, 4 August, 2017, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parliament-not-informed-about-cattle-slaughter-ban-rules-rti-reply-reveals/article19429093.ece?homepage=true


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