INDIA SUMMARIZED

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...