https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287829 Statutory restrictions on the slaughter of bulls, bullocks and she-buffaloes were examined for whether they imposed unreasonable and disproportionate limits on the freedom to carry on trade. The Court treated age-based limits, cumulative conditions of age plus unfitness, waiting periods, and broad appeal mechanisms as excessive where they made slaughter practically difficult and commercially uneconomic; the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh provisions were therefore held invalid to that extent. In the Madhya Pradesh scheme, the age-and-unfitness requirement, appeal provision and postponement rule were struck down, while ancillary and supporting provisions, including the burden-of-proof clause relating to facts within the accused's knowledge, were upheld. en-us Wed, 23 Nov 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 05 May 2020 11:22:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287829 Statutory restrictions on the slaughter of bulls, bullocks and she-buffaloes were examined for whether they imposed unreasonable and disproportionate limits on the freedom to carry on trade. The Court treated age-based limits, cumulative conditions of age plus unfitness, waiting periods, and broad appeal mechanisms as excessive where they made slaughter practically difficult and commercially uneconomic; the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh provisions were therefore held invalid to that extent. In the Madhya Pradesh scheme, the age-and-unfitness requirement, appeal provision and postponement rule were struck down, while ancillary and supporting provisions, including the burden-of-proof clause relating to facts within the accused's knowledge, were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 23 Nov 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287829