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Animal Laws of India

Book Summary   by:nomani     Original Authors: Maneka Gandhi; Ozair Hussain & Raj Panjwani
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ANIMAL LAWS OF INDIA (1996) Maneka Gandhi, Ozair Hussain & Raj Panjwani, Universal Law Publishing Co.Ltd., Delhi.Ppxii+603 Price Rs. 425 [Hard bound]
Reviewed By Dr. Md. Zafar Mahfooz Nomani, Reader, Faculty of Law, Fort Road, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002 zafarnomani@rediffmail.com Animal Laws of India by Maneka Gandhi, Ozair Hussain & Raj Panjwani, is an intersting discourse on animal right law. The book provides an insight in to central and state laws animal laws of India. In India animals are subjected to atrocious treatment. A bullock flagging under a cumbersome load , a dog getting run by speeding car, and a pet left behind the home while the family is away are familiar sights and seemingly normal. Teacher does not know that dissection in school is illegal if alternatives are available. The Municipal Corporation does not know that chickens can not be carried in tempos and that small slaughter houses situated in the colonies are illegal. The raison de'' tere of the Book found in the growing sensitization by animals and pets right and welfare. The Book contains thirty one chapters focusing on the various dimensions of animal rights and welfare.
Chapter second deals with India''s pioneering legislation on Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and rules framed therein. Laws relating to transportation, animal performances, and registration are extensively dealt. Issues relating to ban on dissection of frogs and prohibition of scientific experimentation forms the subject matter of Chapter fourth and fifth. Laws governing the norms of the transportation by roadways, railways and airways are culled out in Chapter sixth and seventh. The standard norms and the code of conduct for transportation, deportation and habitation for sheep, goat, poultry, live stock, dog and cats are explained under Chapter Eight.
The second part of the book is an attempt to consolidate the state laws relating to animal welfare. More than twenty four states based legislations are adumbrated exhaustively in Chapter Ten. The third part of the Book deals with international and national laws governing wild and general animals. Right from the analysis of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to Indian Penal Code, 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Cattle Trespass Act, 1871, Elephant Preservation Act, 1879, Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and Zoo Rules, 1993 are explicably dealt with under Chapter Fourteen to Chapter twenty two.
The fourth component of the Book is judicial indoctrination of animal rights in India. The Delhi Abattoir Case, Delhi Dog Killing Case, West Bengal Slaughter House Case and Andhra Pradesh Ox Race case are notably analyzed to discern the direction of animal justice in India. The concluding part of the Book serves as hand book which enlists procedure for filing FIR, compulsory registration by police officer, functions of Animal Welfare Board and Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The Book is a lucid presentation of animal laws and a conscientious approach to animal welfare and justice. The claim of publisher that it is an n encyclopedia for lawyers, judges, students and animal activists holds true in view of treatment of the subject. The endeaour of the authors in this book are praise worthy and met with great successes. As the Bar Council of India has made animal laws as compulsory subject in the LL.B.curriculum.The book in all probability will augur the debate on solidarity rights and animal jurisprudence in India.
Published: August 06, 2007   
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    can you guys write in general instead of writing a review on an old stinking book

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