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Moot Memo for Petitioner(3)
Moot Memo for Petitioner(3)
Moot Memo for Petitioner(3)
P.(CIVIL)
CIVIL. NO.__/20
Maratha Butcher’s
Association……………………………………………Petitioner
V.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
List Of Abbreviations 3
Index of Authorities 4-5
Statement of Jurisdiction 6
Statement of Facts 7-8
Statement of Issues 9
Summary of Arguments 10-11
Arguments Advanced 12-24
Prayer 25
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LIST OF ABBREVIATION
SC Supreme Court
HC High Court
SCC Supreme Court Cases
SCJ Supreme Court Journal
SCR Supreme Court Reporter
AIR All India Reporter
LJ Law Journal
Sec Section
Art Article
u/s Under Section
V. Versus
Ors. Others
Anr. Another
IC Indian Cases
Hon’ble Honourable
Edn/Ed Edition
Etc. Etcetera
Id IBID
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INDEX OF AUTHORITIES
a. BOOKS
• Interpretations of Statues
• Constitution
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b. ONLINE RESOURCES
• Website Referred
o www.lexisnexisacademic.com
o www.manupatra.com
o www.vakilnel.com
o www.legalservices.com
• Legal Databases
❖ Lexis Nexis
❖ JSTOR
❖ SCC Online
c. STATUES
The Constitution of India, 1950
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STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION
The Hon'ble High Court of Maratha has the jurisdiction to hear the
instant matter under Article 226 of the Constitution of Indica, 1950.
Under Article 226 the High Courts are granted power, throughout the
territories in relation to which it exercise jurisdiction, to issue to any
person or authority, including in appropriate cases, any Government,
within those territories directions, orders or writs.
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STATEMENT OF FACT
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For some of the minority communities, eating beef is a common food
habit. Moreover, beef is cheap when compared to other non-
vegetarian food. For poor masses, beef eating is one of the easy
sources of protein.
In this background, a writ petition was filed before Supreme Court
under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging the constitutional
validity of the Act.
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STATEMENT OF ISSUES
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SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS
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The counsel on behalf of the petitioner most humbly submits before
the Hon'ble High Court of State of Maratha that the impugned statute
is unconstitutional, ultra vires and Republic of Indica is violated.
The Amendment Act of 1995 is extraneous with the aims and objects
of the parent Act and has no nexus with the protection of cows, bulls
and bullocks. The impugned statute is not protected by Art 304(b) of
the constitution.
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ARGUMENTS ADVANCED
It is most humbly submitted before the Hon'ble court that the writ
petition in the instant case is maintainable.
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The court held that such a provision is void, since a total prohibition
is an excessive restriction on lawful profession of making bidis..
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Maratha Butchers Association has locus standi to file the present
petition as it is a registered society working for the protection of the
interest of minority community 'X' in the State of Maratha.
IN THE ΜΑRATHA ANIMAL PRESERVATION (AMENDMENT)
ACT, 1995 IS VIOLATIVE OF ARTICLE 19 (1) (g) AND 21 OF
THE CONSTITUTION OF REPUBLIC OF INDICA.
B.1.1 The right to trade beef is secured under Article 19 (1) (g).
By virtue of Article 19 (1) (g), all citizens shall have the right to
practice any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or
business".
The word 'occupation' has a wide meaning such as any regular work,
profession, job, principal activity, employment, business, or calling in
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which the individual is engaged. In a wider sense it includes any
vocation which engages one's time.
B.1.2 The impugned statute does not fall under the ambit of
reasonable restrictions in Article 19 (6).
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(a) imposing reasonable restriction on this right in the interest of
public',
The Apex Court in Sivani v. State of Maharashtra 14, had laid down
the criteria to evaluate the reasonableness of a restriction under
Article 19 (6) as follows: "In applying the test of reasonableness, the
broad criterion is whether the law strikes a proper balance between
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social control on the one hand and the right of the individual on the
other hand. The court must take into account factors like nature of the
right enshrined, underlying purpose of the restriction imposed, evil
sought to be remedied by the law, its extend and urgency, how far the
restriction is or is not proportionate to the evil and the prevailing
conditions at that time'.
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Where the restrictions imposed are so stringent that the business
cannot be carried on, the court will regard the imposition of restriction
as unreasonable. In the instant case impugned legislation fails to
maintain a balance between public interest and the freedom of
profession, trade or business the restriction becomes arbitrary and
unreasonable. Therefore the Act cannot be given the protection under
Article 19 (6).
It is humbly submitted before the Hon'ble High Court of State of
Maratha that the Maratha Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act,
1995 violates article 21 of the Constitution of Republic of Indica.
Article 21 protects the right to life and personal liberty of citizen not
only from the executive action but from the legislative action abso".
By the term life as used here something more is meant than mere
animal existence, B.2.1 The impugned statute violates the right to
livelihood secured under right to life.
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livelihood. If the right livelihood is not treated as a part of the
constitutional right to life, the easiest ways of depriving a person of
his right to life would be to deprive him of his means of livelihood. In
view of the fact that Articles 39 (a) and 41 require the State to secure
to the citizen an adequate means of livelihood and the right to work, it
would be sheer pendentary to exclude the right to livelihood from the
content of the right to life.
In D.K. Yadav v. J.MA Industries, the Supreme Court held that the
right to life enshrined in Article 21 clubs life with liberty, dignity of
person with means of livelihood without which the glorious content of
dignity of person would be reduced to animal existence. In Board of
Trustees of the Port of Bombay v. Dilip Kumar Ragavendra Nath
Nadkami & in, D.T.C v. D.T.C Mazdoor Congress the Court came to
hold that "the right to life guaranteed by Article 21 includes "the right
to livelihood
The commplete ban on the slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks and
prohibition on the transport, purchase, sale and disposal of cows, bulls
and bullocks for the purpose of slaughter has been imposed by
amending Section 5 of the Maratha Animal Preservation Act, 1978.
As the result of this Amendment, the butchers and cattle dealers have
been. deprived of their means of livelihood. So the impugned
legislation is violative of right to livelihood envisaged under Article
21.
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read with Article 39 (a) and 47 to comprehend the obligations of the
State in ensuring the realization of this right. Article 39 (a) of the
Constitution enunciated as one of the directive principles states that
the State shall direct its policy towards securing to its citizens
adequate means of livelihood and Article 47 provides the duty of the
State to raise the level of nutrition and standard of living and to
improve public health. Thus the Constitution makes the right to food,
a fundamental right.
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ruled that the law places an unreasonable restriction on a person's
privacy.
By virtue of directive principle laid down in Article 48, the State shall
endeavor to organize agriculture and animal husbandry on modern
and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for preserving
and improving the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter of cows and
calves and other milch and draught cattle
Maratha Animal Preservation Act, 1978 was brought into force for the
effective implementation of the directive principle laid down in
Article 48. But the total ban on animal slaughter imposed by the
Amendment Act of 1995 is violative of the fundamental rights
guaranteed under the Constitution..
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In the case of State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan", it was held
that if any law is in contravention to the provisions mentioned in Part
III of the Constitution of India, it would be held void but this is not
applicable in case of Directive Principles of State Policy. This shows
that Fundamental rights are on higher pedestal than Directive
Principles of State Policy as far as this case is concerned.
In I C Golaknath & Ors v. State of Punjah & Anr, the Court was of the
view that fundamental rights cannot be curtailed by the Parliament. In
Venkataraman v. State of Madras, the Court gave more importance to
the Fundamental Rights over Directive Principles of State Policy.
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In the instant case, Maratha Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act,
1995 failed to maintain the balance between the Fundamental Rights
and Directive Principles of State Policy. For the implementation of
directive principle laid down in Article 48, the impugned statute has
violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under article 19 (1) (g) and
21 of the Constitution.
The impugned statute violates the freedom of trade and commerce
secured under Art 301 of the constitution of Republic of Indica
In Kala Miah and others v. SC Roy and others, it was held that since
the bill restricts the transport of cattle for slaughter within and outside
the state, it clearly violates the provisions of Art 301 of the
constitution and thus it is ultra vires,
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PRAYER
Date:
Counsel for Petitioner
Place:
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