Panaji (Goa) –
An order banning the slaughtering of cattle anywhere in the state of
Goa other than the slaughter house at Usgao on the day of Bakri Id was
passed by the Division Bench of Mumbai High Court on 30th September
2014. It is also stated in the order that the Government should
implement the order in earnest. The Muslim Jamat Sanghtana also should
be vigilant to see that no other places the slaughtering of cattle is
done.
Goa Muslim Jamat
Sanghtana had appealed to the High Court stating that arrangements for
slaughtering cattle should be made at other places also. The Government
had conveyed to the High Court on 30th September about their inability
to procure other places for the said purpose due to paucity of time;
hence the High Court rejected the petition of Muslim Jamat Sanghtana and
gave permission to slaughter cattle in the Goa slaughter house only,
after fulfilling all the legal requirements.
As
per the law cattle-slaughter is prohibited in the land of Goa. Only
bulls not yielding any financial gain are allowed to be slaughtered. The
cattle-protectors state that in fact a bull is useful financially till
its death due to its cow dung used as manure and its urine; yet
presently the court has given permission to slaughter bulls crossing 12
years of age. While passing the order the High Court has stated that the
slaughtering should be done only by the employees in the slaughter
house and nobody else. The court has given instructions to fix CCTV
cameras from the main gate of the slaughter house to the place where the
bulls are going to be examined by vets. One cattle-protector too is
given permission to be present at the venue. The judge has instructed to
the cattle-protector that he can tell orally if any objectionable
activity is noticed by him. There should not be any disorder. Whatever
is taking place will be captured in the CCTV cameras. Later you come to
us. (What is the use of informing the court
after the crime has been committed ? An innocent animal will lose its
life. Should that have any value or not ? Are the CC TV cameras
installed to avoid the untoward instances or is it just an eye wash for
the cattle-protectors ? – Editor, Dainik Sanatan Prabhat) The cattle-protector has not been given any authority to stop the objectionable killing.
Government should immediately decide the stand to be taken by the cattle-protectors with regard to this ! – Order of the court to the Government
Judge
gave an instruction to the Government senior advocate, Mr. Atmaram
Nadkarni to fix the Government stand to be taken relating to
cattle-slaughter in the coming days; so that an order can be passed
relating to the PIL submitted by the cattle–protecting campaign. The
next hearing is fixed on 10th November.
Source : Dainik Sanatan Prabhat
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