Whether owners of cattles roaming on Roads should be prosecuted?

So far as cows and cattle roaming on roads are concerned, it
is duty of Nagar Nigam and Police to remove them and to
ensure that no cows or animals come on road creating
obstruction to traffic and threat to life.
Secretary, Nagar Vikas, State of U.P. is directed to issue
necessary instructions in this regard to Nagar
Ayukts/Executive Officers of local bodies. If animals are
spotted on city roads and not removed quickly, proper action
may be contemplated. Superintendents of Police are directed
to extend necessary assistance to the Municipal
Boards/Municipal Corporations in carrying out the above
directions.
Cattle owners cannot be seen withholding their hands, to
leave the cattle on road surviving on water of drains/sewer
and garbage which is definitely a cruelty. As such, owners of
such animals should be prosecuted under the provisions of
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, Police Act
and Sections 289, 428, 429 I.P.C. as well. This will deter
cattle owner from frequently leaving animals free on roads,
putting their as well as citizens' life in danger.
Cows basking on road/traffic islands and digging polythene
in garbage yard is not a pleasant sight, especially in the
capital city of State. To rid Lucknow of this menace, Nagar16
Ayukta, Lucknow is directed to launch a drive immediately
in the light of discussion made above, with the help of
police force to be provided by S.S.P.
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
LAKHNOW BENCH
Case :- BAIL No. - 9113 of 2015
Imtiyaz V  State Of U.P.
Dated;04/12/2015

Hon'ble Sudhir Kumar Saxena,J.

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Supreme court;"no toll for bad roads".

NEW DELHI: In what will be music to the ears of long suffering highway users, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and concessionaires cannot collect toll from commuters if the road is in bad shape.Road users have had a long-standing grouse that they were fleeced by concessionaires who charged hefty toll on stretches of dilapidated national highways. They also believed that private contractors were enriching themselves while the NHAI looked the other way. 

When a case relating to high toll on the poorly maintained 26-km Raipur-Durg stretch on NH-53 came before it, a bench of Justices T S Thakur and Kurian Joseph appointed a committee to inspect the road condition. 

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