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Kerala High Court refuses to stay cattle sale rule

By Express News Service| Published: 07th June 2017 04:24 PM|
Last Updated: 07th June 2017 04:24 PM| A+ A A- |

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday declined to stay the Union government's order banning the sale of cattle
for slaughter at animal markets. However, the Court directed the union government to file an a idavit in the case. The
court observed that the issue needs to be considered urgently given the fact that 90 per cent of the meat traders are
dependent on the animal market for the purchase of animals for slaughter. The Kerala HC posted the final hearing of the
case to June 28.
The court issued the order on a bunch of petitions filed by Kozhikode District Meat Workers Association and a meat
trader from Kochi challenging the constitutional validity of the rule prohibiting selling of cattle for slaughter. The union
government submitted that there was no prohibition for slaughtering and it only regulated the selling of cattle for
slaughtering from animal market.
Kerala High Court | File The petitioners submitted that the rules will have a far reaching impact on the small scale operators of slaughter houses
and abattoirs. Small scale operators are precluded from procuring cattle for slaughter, driving them out of their trade. The classification of purchasers of
meat from those who purchase from markets and from farms and of animals into cattle and non-cattle, is also against Article 14 of Constitution of India.
The order is a colourable legislation intended to prevent slaughtering of cattle. The petitioners sought to declare that Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals(Regulation of Livestock) Rules 2017 is ultra-vires the Constitution and void as the Centre has no legislative competence to formulate the rules to
regulate live stock.
PU Kunju Muhammed, owner of a meat shop in Kaloor market here submitted that his business was already a ected to huge extent as the supply of bu alo
for the purpose of slaughter has been prohibited under the rules.

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