Constitution Section 48 — Organisation of agriculture and animal husbandry

Summary

The State must try to organise farming and animal care using modern and scientific methods. It must especially work to protect and improve the breeds of cows, calves, and other milk-giving and work animals, and also to stop the killing of these animals.

Official Text

The State shall endeavour to organise 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.

Related Judgments

• Shaikh Zahid Mukhtar vs The State of Maharashtra and Ors — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2016)
• MOHD. HANIF QUARESHI & OTHERS vs THE STATE OF BIHAR — Supreme Court of India (1958)
• STATE OF GUJARAT vs MIRZAPUR MOTI KURESHI KASSAB JAMAT AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (2005)
• THE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA AND ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR — Supreme Court of India (2023)
• MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF AHMEDABAD & ORS. vs JAN MOHAMMED USMANBHAI & ANR — Supreme Court of India (1986)
• THE BELSUND SUGAR CO. LTD. ETC. ETC. vs THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS. ETC — Supreme Court of India (1999)