‘Restrain Yourself From Eating’: Guj HC Tells Petitioners Challenging Slaughterhouse Closure
Don’t eat meat for few days: Gujarat HC advises petitioners who challenged closure of Ahmedabad’s abattoir
The Gujarat High Court has told petitioners opposing the closure of an Ahmedabad slaughterhouse during the Jain festival that they can “prevent” themselves from eating meat for “a day or two”.
According to sources Gujarat Kul Hind Jamiat-Al Quresh Action Committee has filed a lawsuit to overturn the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s decision to close the only slaughterhouse as part of the festival.
The standing committee of the society, in a resolution passed on August 18, directed that slaughterhouses be closed during Paryushan Parv from August 24 to 31 and the respective celebrations from September 5 to 9.
Therefore, the total number of days the slaughterhouse must be closed is 13 days. The court, Justice Sandeep Bhatt, seems to have punished the plaintiff who approached him.
He also rejected any interim relief from them and adjourned the case to September 2. “Why are you running at the last minute, we won’t enjoy it. You run the track every season.
According to LiveLaw, he said you can limit yourself to eating [meat] for a day or two.
In response, the committee, represented by Dane Qureshi Razawala, said their argument was about fundamental rights, not whether restrictions should be followed.
“It is not about restrictions, it is about the fundamental rights of citizens and we cannot imagine our country restricting our fundamental rights even for a moment. In previous cases, slaughterhouses were closed,” Razawala said. The petitioners also said that in December 2021, the same Supreme Court asked the Ahmedabad municipality “not to control the eating habits of people”.
At the time, Justice Beren Vaishnav heard an appeal by 20 street vendors against the non-implementation of the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihoods and Regulation of Street Vending Machines) Act, 2014 and signed off on the AMC banning street vendors from informally trading on the streets. sellers.
vegetarian diet. “You don’t like non-vegetarian food, that’s your observatory. How do you decide what people should eat out?” Seats ask how to prevent people from eating what they want.
Most of the street vendors involved in the lawsuit operate carts that sell eggs and hard-boiled eggs to customers. Others also sell cooked non-vegetarian food; some fruits and vegetables.
