Under Which Statutory Obligation Should Slaughter-Houses Be Closed For 9 Days?
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In the present day, On seventh July, Bombay Excessive Court docket questioned the plea searching for a 9-day slaughter ban throughout Jain Paryushan Parv, asking, “Below which statutory obligation ought to slaughterhouses be closed?” The courtroom cautioned in opposition to setting a precedent for comparable future calls for.
Mumbai: The Bombay Excessive Court docket expressed considerations in regards to the implications of doubtless banning animal slaughter throughout the nine-day ‘Paryushan Parv’ of the Jain group.
The courtroom questioned whether or not such an order may result in comparable calls for from different communities throughout their festivals, akin to Ganesh Chaturthi and Navratri.
This arose whereas a bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne, was reviewing a petition from a Jain group belief difficult orders from 2024 issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company and the civic our bodies in Nashik and Pune, which had beforehand prohibited animal slaughter for simply in the future throughout Paryushan final yr.
The Jain group is searching for a ban on slaughter for all the 9 days beginning August 21.
The belief emphasised key ideas of Jain perception, significantly Ahimsa (non-violence), arguing that any animal slaughter throughout Paryushan Parv would undermine the ideas of Jainism.
The courtroom posed a essential query,
“It shouldn’t occur that tomorrow each different faith additionally makes comparable calls for. You (Jain group) will get an order for 9 days for Paryushan Parv, after which another group will come ahead and search comparable orders for the Ganesh Chaturthi and Navratri pageant.”
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The bench famous that the Maharashtra authorities has already designated 15 days annually when slaughter is prohibited, together with in the future for Paryushan Parv.
The courtroom raised doubts about its authority to intervene as soon as a coverage resolution has been made, expressing uncertainty in regards to the demographic breakdown of vegetarians and non-vegetarians within the state.
The judges additionally identified that Mumbai is surrounded by municipal firms with out slaughterhouses and subsequently depends on the Deonar slaughterhouse inside the metropolis.
The courtroom inquired,
“Below which statutory obligation ought to slaughterhouses be ordered to stay closed for 9 days?”
The bench directed the BMC, Nashik, Pune, and Mira Bhayandar municipal firms to assessment the belief’s request for a nine-day slaughter ban and supply a call by August 18.
Senior counsel Darius Khambata, representing the belief, knowledgeable the courtroom that final yr, the BMC had justified its one-day slaughter ban by stating that Mumbai is a cosmopolitan metropolis with a big non-Jain inhabitants that consumes non-vegetarian meals.
He famous that the Nashik and Pune civic our bodies had not supplied any reasoning for his or her orders, and the Mira Bhayandar Company had didn’t situation an order final yr altogether.
The bench instructed the belief to submit their illustration to the 4 civic our bodies for reconsideration of the choice.
