The Supreme Court on Monday kept in abeyance for two
months an order passed by the Jammu Bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High
Court to ban cow slaughter and sale of beef in the State.
Putting
the ban on hold, a Bench of Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu and
Justice Amitava Roy asked the High Court Chief Justice to set up a
three-judge Bench to consider the issues afresh and take a decision.
On
September 8, the High Court in Jammu had sought strict implementation
of certain provisions of the Ranbir Penal Code under which the
intentional killing or slaughter of cow or a like animal is a
non-bailable offence.
The order had led to widespread anguish and protests in the State.
Subsequently,
on September 16, the High Court’s Srinagar Bench issued notice on a
separate petition to strike down the very same Ranbir Penal Code
provisions banning bovine slaughter.
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