On Tuesday, the Apex Court ruled that the Madras High Court order of putting Centre’s cattle trade rule on hold will cover the entire country. The Madras high court order had put on hold the Centre’s notification banning sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter, a decision[Read More…]
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Beef politics: 5000 BJP workers quit the party in Meghalaya
In Meghalaya, over 5,000 youth workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party quit the party on Wednesday. This comes as a repercussion to Centre’s new restrictions on cattle sale and slaughter in animal markets. Wilver Greham Danggo, the head of local BJP youth wing, said the party was trying to suppress[Read More…]
Kerala High Court rejects stay on Centre’s cattle ban
On Wednesday, the Kerala High Court rejected to put a hold on the ban imposed by the Centre on the sale of cattle for slaughter. The next hearing in this matter is due on June 28. Notably, the High Court had earlier backed the Centre’s decision. However, the state government[Read More…]
Centre restricts cattle trade in India
In order to prevent cattle slaughter, the Environment Ministry has banned the sale of cattle from marketplaces for the purpose of culling. A gazette notification, titled Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change states that no one[Read More…]