SC notice to Maharashtra on plea for ban on beef-eating
R Sedhurama
Legal Correspondent
New Delhi, August 17
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Maharashtra government seeking its response to a petition for banning beef eating in that state.
A Bench comprising Justices AK Sikri and DY Chandrachud directed the state government to file its response in six weeks.
The petition has been filed by Akhil Bharat Krishi Goseva Sangh, challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding people’s right to choose their food.
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In the same judgment, the High Court also upheld the ban on slaughter of bovine animals in Maharashtra. The High Court clarified that it implied that people of Maharashtra could eat beef brought from other states, where slaughter was allowed, or imported from other countries.
Some of the slaughter houses in that state have also come to Supreme Court, challenging the High Court verdict upholding the ban on slaughter of cows.
This petition is likely to be listed for hearing next week.
The High Court ruling on May 6 had come on petitions pertaining to the validity of the Maharashtra Animals Preservation Act.
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