New Delhi, May 26: The Supreme Court declined to urgently hear a public interest litigation seeking strict enforcement of the law that imposes a total ban on cow slaughter ahead of Bakrid on Tuesday.
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“You remembered this a day before. No urgency. Thanks,” said a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.
Advocate Barun Kumar Sinha mentioned the matter before the bench, seeking an urgent hearing. “We are seeking a hearing so that if your lordships are persuaded, an interim order can be passed,” he orally submitted.
“Day after tomorrow is Bakrid. This is a plea to seek the implementation of the anti-cow slaughter law. If this can be listed tomorrow,” Sinha said.
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The plea, filed by Satish Kumar Aggarwal, former vice-president of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, seeks directions to enforce anti-slaughter laws to protect the cow and its progeny from slaughter. It also wants a direction to state governments to notify guidelines for regulating slaughterhouses in each and every state in accordance with the law. (PTI)
