LANDMARK CASE
Mohd. Hanif Quareshi v. State of Bihar
AIR 1958 SC 731 · Supreme Court of India · Constitutional law
At a glance
- Citation: AIR 1958 SC 731
- Court: Supreme Court of India
- Area of law: Constitutional law
- In one line: A total ban on cows and calves was upheld, but a total ban on useful cattle past working age was held unreasonable.
1 Facts
Butchers challenged state laws banning cow slaughter.
2 Issue
Do the bans violate freedom of trade and religion?
3 What the court decided
A total ban on cows and calves was upheld, but a total ban on useful cattle past working age was held unreasonable.
4 Why it matters
An early balance between Directive Principles and trade rights.
5 Think about it
How did later cases like Mirzapur Moti Kuresh change this?
6 Analyse it yourself
Read the full judgment from an official source or a law database, then brief it in seven steps: facts, issues, arguments, decision, ratio, obiter and significance. Always check the citation before you rely on it.
7 More cases on Constitutional law
- A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras AIR 1950 SC 27
- ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla (1976) 2 SCC 521
- Air India v. Nergesh Meerza (1981) 4 SCC 335
- Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib Sehravardi (1981) 1 SCC 722
- Anuj Garg v. Hotel Association of India (2008) 3 SCC 1
- Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India (2020) 3 SCC 637
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