The Hindu : Release all cattle: court

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Release all cattle: court

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI JULY 31. The Madras High Court today ordered the release of thousands of head of cattle impounded by the Chennai Corporation. The Corporation had served thousands of show-cause notices on the owners to move their cattle to the outskirts of the city before July 31 on pain of attracting criminal proceedings.

Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the civic body's move, the First Bench, comprising the Chief Justice B. Subhashan Reddy, and Justice K. Govindarajan, also asked the authorities not to initiate civil or criminal proceedings against the owners. Cattle-owners were not economic offenders and they should not be threatened with criminal action. "By tomorrow, I should not hear that even a single cattle is in custody," said Mr. Justice Reddy. The matter has been posted to August 8 for further hearing.

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