Whether judicial directives mandating registration of potentially dangerous pets constitute a valid exercise of court power to balance animal rights against the right to life under Article 21.
Aaj ki debate ka motion yeh hai: 'Kya Courts ko yeh mandate karna chahiye ki insaani jaan ke liye khatarnaak pets ka compulsory registration ho?' Yeh ek atyant mahatvapurna public safety aur individual rights ka sawaal hai — khaaskar Rajasthan State ke sandarbh mein. Toh main Counsel Aarav se nivedan karta hoon ki woh apna paksh prastut karein.
My lord, yeh motion ka core ek seedha sawaal hai — kya ek naagarik ka jeene ka haq, uski bodily safety, uss waqt surokhshit rehti hai jab ek khatra-posing pet bina kisi record ke, bina kisi accountability ke, kisi bhi gali mein ghoom sakta hai? Article 21 sirf life ka protection nahi deta — Maneka Gandhi ke baad yeh established hai ki procedure fair, just, aur reasonable hona chahiye. Compulsory registration usi fair procedure ka pehla qadam hai — kyunki jab tak hum jaante nahi ki threat kahan se hai, hum usse address hi nahi kar sakte.
Ref: Constitution of India · Article 21
My lord, Aarav sahab ne compulsory registration ki baat ki — lekin yeh sawaal sirf safety ka nahi, Article 21 ke tahat ek nagarik ke dignity aur livelihood ke adhikar ka bhi hai; ek pet-owner ka apne saathi janwar ke saath jeene ka haq bhi 'life and personal liberty' ke dayre mein aata hai, jaise Maneka Gandhi ne spasht kiya. Registration ek bureaucratic burden ban sakti hai jab tak state ke paas 'fair, just and reasonable procedure' nahi — aur Rajasthan mein aaj bhi aisi koi credible, uniform mechanism exist nahi karti. Isliye courts ko mandate karne se pehle yeh dekhna hoga ki kya procedure established by law wakai reasonable hai, ya sirf naam ki registration — jo ultimately liabilities create kare bina safety ensure kiye.
Ref: Constitution of India · Article 21
My lord, vipaksh kehta hai ki registration se koi faayda nahi — lekin yeh bhool jaate hain ki Article 21 ke tahet har nagrik ka haq hai ki uski jaan ko reasonable procedure se protect kiya jaaye, aur bina registration ke yeh 'procedure' sirf kaagaz par rahega. Aaj agar koi dangerous pet attack karta hai aur uska koi record hi nahi, to peedit kahan jaayega — FIR registered hogi zaroor, jaise Lalita Kumari ne mandate kiya hai, lekin accused ka koi prior registration nahi hoga toh accountability zero rahegi. My lord, compulsory registration ek preventive tool hai — Article 21 ka positive obligation hai ki State sirf reactive nahi, proactive bhi ho.
Ref: Constitution of India · Article 21; Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Section 154
My lord, paksh yeh kehta hai ki registration se log safer honge — lekin yeh ek assumption hai, presumption nahi. Article 21 ke under jo 'fair aur reasonable procedure' ki baat Maneka Gandhi ne ki, woh sirf victim ke liye nahi, pet owner ke liye bhi lagti hai — unka livelihood, unka dignity, unka right bhi usi Article 21 se protected hai. Aur agar koi incident ho, to BNSS Section 173 ke under Zero FIR ka mechanism already available hai — registration mandate karna ek parallel bureaucratic layer banana hoga jo effective enforcement ke bina sirf kagaz par rahega.
Ref: Constitution of India · Article 21; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Section 173
Ek taraf ka kehna hai ki compulsory pet registration se Article 21 ke tahat har nagarik ka jeene ka haq surakshit hoga — kyunki jaan-leva janwar se protection ek fair aur reasonable procedure ki maang karta hai. Doosri taraf ka kehna hai ki registration mandating karna bina adequate safeguards ke pet-owners ke privacy aur livelihood haq — jo Puttaswamy aur Maneka Gandhi ke through Article 21 mein shamil hain — ko disproportionate roop se chot pahuncha sakta hai. Nyaya ka balanced legal suggestion yeh hai: Court ek structured, transparent registration framework ko encourage kare jismein clear criteria hon — taaki public safety aur individual rights dono ka samman ho — aur Article 39A ke tahat vulnerable pet-owners ko legal aid bhi milti rahe; ab aap citizens is motion ko rate karein aur apna nazar-iya share karein.
Ref: Constitution of India · Article 21; Constitution of India · Article 39A