The Supreme Court on Monday mentioned courts cannot meddle in the food habits of individuals.
A Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was listening to a petition filed by Akhand Bharat Morcha for ban on halal kind of slaughter.
“Court cannot determine who can be a vegetarian or non-vegetarian. Those who want to eat halal meat can eat halal meat. Those who want to eat jhatka meat can eat jhatka meat,” the courtroom mentioned orally.
The petition raised a problem in opposition to Section 28 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act which permits slaughter of animals in a fashion consonant to 1’s faith.
The petition argued that halal method of slaughter is painful and quantities to cruelty. Whereas jhatka — which is a single deadly blow — is painless.
The courtroom mentioned the petition was filed with ‘mischievous’ intention and dismissed it.
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