Abstract

The purpose of this research is to do a critical analysis on ritualistic animal slaughter and violation of article 21 Indian constitution. Article 21 of the Indian constitution deals with protection of life and liberty which includes the right of life of an animal too. This has been explicitly stated in the case of Animal Welfare Board of India v. A.Nagaraja(2014), but contradictory to this judgement, in India animals are being subjected to cruelty in the name of religion. The practice of animal sacrifice is done as religion acts as a facade. The researcher withdraws this work to satisfy her curiosity, to take a glance in people’s mind about this issue, collect their different opinions, To know whether there is enough protection for animals in India with respect to locality, To find out whether animals can be sacrificed for religious purposes with respect to educational qualification, To determine the reasons why this ritualistic animal sacrifice is done with respect to educational qualification, To examine how much sacrificing animals affects public morality, To find out on how to combat animal sacrifice for religious purposes. In this research descriptive research is used for the purpose of the study. It helps to understand the behaviour of an individual, group or a society. The method of collecting samples is random sampling . The sample size is 205. The independent variables used in this research are Age, gender, locality, occupation, Educational qualification. The dependent variables used in this research are Protection for animals, animals be sacrificed for religious purposes, superstitious beliefs, societal pressure, ancient customs, for food purpose, animal sacrifice affects the public morality, be humane on our part, authorities should not be influenced, not being influenced by any superstitious belief, practice the religion in a nonviolent way, government should take initiatives to dissuade people from sacrificing animals under the pretext of religion, incentivising people who are pursuing the cause of animal rights, stringent mechanisms for individual who violate the laws. Tool used is graphical representation. It is concluded that even though the majority of people agree that these animals should not be killed for religious purposes, there are certain factors like customs and practices that they feel obligated to, due to their religion.

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