Victoria horse carriages on the focus of Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court wants the State government to file an affidavit within two weeks indicating the steps that have been taken for rehabilitation of the horses, owners and coachmen of Victoria horse carriages. This is a result of a public interest litigation filed by city-based NGO Animals and Birds Charitable Trust who have alleged that the animals are being subjected to cruelty by using them for joyrides.
This has been reported in thehindu.com dated 16 February 2017.

It is a long pending issue and, in June 2015, the High Court had given gave the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation one year’s time to ban the plying of the carriages in the city. The court had also directed the State government to frame a rehabilitation scheme on or before December 31, 2015.
The PIL wants that it be ensured by concerned authorities that the horse carriages that were not licensed under the provisions of the Bombay Public Conveyance Act, 1920, be stopped from plying in the city.


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