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India Supreme Court suspends cattle slaughter ban India's Supreme Court has suspended a law that would have banned the sale of cattle for slaughter nationwide. The government order aimed to "prevent uncontrolled and unregulated animal trade" at livestock markets. For the first time the sale for slaughter of buffaloes and camels as well as cows, which Hindus consider holy, would have been illegal. It would have had a major impact on the meat and leather industries and hit livelihoods, the chief justice said. These industries are dominated by minority Muslims and the proposed law was widely opposed. The new law had already been stayed by a lower court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on 30 May, days after it was first announced. The top court said the Madras high court's interim order, which lapsed on 8 July, would continue and remained in force across the country. The government is now expected to make changes and resubmit amendments to the law by the end of August. Vigilantes Cows are considered holy by India's majority Hindu population and slaughtering them is already banned in most but not all states, but this would have been the first time buffaloes had been included in a slaughter ban. - India states oppose cow slaughter ban - Indian PM Modi condemns murder over cows - Is India's ban on beef 'food fascism'? Most of India's beef comes from water buffaloes rather than cows. With annual exports worth $4bn (£3.1bn), India is the largest exporter of beef, mostly buffalo meat, in the world. Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar said in his order that "the livelihood of people should not be affected by this". Petitioners in Tamil Nadu had argued that the ban infringed their right to choose what they ate. Abdul Faheem Qureshi, the head of the Muslim All India Jamiatul Quresh Action Committee that supports meat sellers, who had lodged the petition with the Supreme Court, told Reuters news agency that the order was a "victory". Many states have actively started enforcing bans on cow slaughter after the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party formed India's federal government in 2014. The western state of Gujarat passed a law in March making the slaughter of cows punishable with life imprisonment. In addition to government bans, vigilante groups who portray themselves as protectors of cows have been active in several states. In some cases, these groups have killed Muslim men they suspect of killing cows. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said last year that cow vigilante groups made him "angry", said again in June that killing in the name of cow protection was "not acceptable". However, this has not stopped attacks against cattle traders. Mr Modi's critics say the new law is aimed at appeasing India's Hindu community.
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गाईवस्तुको वधमा रोक लगाउने कानुन निलम्बित भारतको सर्वोच्च अदालतले वधका लागि बजारमा गाईवस्तु बेच्न रोक लगाउने एउटा कानुन निलम्बित गरिदिएको छ। भारतका बहुसंख्यक हिन्दुहरु गाईलाई पवित्र मान्छन् र त्यहाँको हिन्दु राष्ट्रवादी सरकारले गाईवस्तुमाथि हुने क्रूर व्यवहार रोक्न भन्दै पछिल्लो कानुन ल्याएको बताउने गरेको छ। तर भारतीय प्रधानन्यायाधीशले उक्त प्रतिबन्ध राँगा, भैसी, गोरु र ऊँटको हकमा पनि लागू भएको भन्दै त्यसले मासु तथा छाला व्यवसायमा संलग्नहरुका लागि कठिनाइ सिर्जना गरेको बताएका छन्। तर्क सरकारले गत मे महिनामा घोषित कानुन 'पशुबजारमा अनियन्त्रित र अनुगमनविहीन पशुव्यापार' रोक्न लक्षित रहेको बताउने गरेको छ। तर सर्वोच्च अदालतले उक्त कानुनले मासु तथा छाला व्यवसाय धराशायी हुने र त्यसले मानिसहरुको जीविकामा असर पार्ने भन्दै उक्त कानुन निलम्बन गर्न आदेश दिएको छ। मासु तथा छाला व्यवसायमा संलग्नहरु अधिकांश अल्पसंख्यक मुसलमान समुदायका छन् र उनीहरुले उक्त कानूनको व्यापक विरोध गरेका थिए। दक्षिणी राज्य तमिलनाडुस्थित तल्लो अदालतले उक्त कानुन ल्याइएको केही दिनमै, गत मे ३० मा, त्यसको कार्यान्वयनमा रोक लगाइदिएको थियो। मद्रास उच्च न्यायालयको उक्त अन्तरिम आदेश जुलाई ८ यता निष्क्रिय भएको छ। तर सर्वोच्च अदालतले उक्त न्यायालयको आदेश कायमै रहने र देशभर लागू हुने बताएको छ। अपेक्षा सरकारले अब सो कानुनमा परिवर्तन गरी अगस्ट महिनाको अन्त्यसम्ममा संशोधित विधेयक प्रस्तुत गर्ने अपेक्षा गरिएको छ। गाईलाई भारतका बहुसंख्यक हिन्दु समुदायले पवित्र मान्छन्। अधिकांश राज्यमा गाई वध गर्न प्रतिबन्ध लगाइसकिएको छ। तर पछिल्लो सरकारी कानुन अनुसार भैंसी तथा राँगाको वध गर्न पनि प्रतिवन्ध लाग्नसक्थ्यो। विदेशमा ठूलो परिमाणमा राँगाको मासु निर्यात गर्ने मुलुकमा भारत सबैभन्दा माथि छ। प्रधानन्यायाधीश जगदीश सिहं खेहरले मानिसहरुको जीविका प्रतिवन्धबाट प्रभावित हुन नहुने बताए। तमिलनाडु राज्यका निवेदनकर्ताहरुले सरकारी प्रतिबन्धले मानिसहरुको आफ्नो इच्छाअनुसार खाने अधिकार हनन भएको तर्क गरेका थिए। मासु विक्रेताहरुलाई समर्थन गरिरहेको 'मुस्लिम अल इण्डिया जामियातुल कुरेश याक्सन कमिटी'का प्रमुख अब्दुल फहिम कुरेसीले अदालतको पछिल्लो आदेश आफूहरुका लागि जित भएको रोयटर्स समाचार संस्थालाई बताए। सन् २०१४ मा हिन्दु राष्ट्रवादी भारतीय जनता पार्टीको सरकार बनेपछि कैयौं राज्यले गाईको वधमाथि प्रतिबन्ध लगाएका थिए। पछिल्ला केही घटनामा गाई रक्षाको नाममा गठन भएका भिजिलान्ते समूहले गाई वध गर्न लैजान खोजेको आशंकामा केही मुसलमान पुरुषहरुको हत्या पनि गरेका थिए। त्यसलाई लिएर प्रधानमन्त्री नरेन्द्र मोदी नेतृत्वको सरकारको व्यापक आलोचना भएको थियो।