'HC went beyond ... ': Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government moves SC against order banning cow slaughter even on Bakrid
NEW DELHI: Vijay-led government in Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras high court order directing "absolute and blanket ban" on cow slaughter in the state.
The state government said that the HC went beyond "the issue involved" by imposing such a ban "on the eve of Bakrid or any other day".
"In a writ petition seeking a direction to 'prevent the slaughter of cows in public places', the High Court ought to have travelled beyond the issue involved, to impose an absolute and blanket ban on the slaughter of cows and calves' on the eve of Bakrid or any other day'," ANI quoted the government's appeal saying.
The Tamil Nadu government told the apex court that the HC's order effectively imposed a blanket ban on cow slaughter, including at authorised slaughterhouses, arguing that such a prohibition was legally untenable as it conflicted with the state's existing statutory framework governing animal slaughter.
In its petition, the government said laws such as the Tamil Nadu Animal Preservation Act, 1958, the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998, the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Rules, 2023, and applicable food safety regulations provide for the regulation of animal slaughter rather than an outright prohibition.
The state government said that the HC went beyond "the issue involved" by imposing such a ban "on the eve of Bakrid or any other day".
"In a writ petition seeking a direction to 'prevent the slaughter of cows in public places', the High Court ought to have travelled beyond the issue involved, to impose an absolute and blanket ban on the slaughter of cows and calves' on the eve of Bakrid or any other day'," ANI quoted the government's appeal saying.
The Tamil Nadu government told the apex court that the HC's order effectively imposed a blanket ban on cow slaughter, including at authorised slaughterhouses, arguing that such a prohibition was legally untenable as it conflicted with the state's existing statutory framework governing animal slaughter.
In its petition, the government said laws such as the Tamil Nadu Animal Preservation Act, 1958, the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act, 1998, the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Rules, 2023, and applicable food safety regulations provide for the regulation of animal slaughter rather than an outright prohibition.
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