Gujarat High Court dismisses petition against slaughterhouse closure

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Friday dismissed the petition against Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) order to close the slaughterhouses. AMC had ordered to close of the city’s slaughterhouse on the occasion of the Jain community celebrating Paryushan.

Kul Hind Jamiat-Al Quresh Action Committee had filed a petition claiming that the closure infringes on their fundamental right to food. During the previous hearing on August 30, Justice Bhatt who pressed over the case had remarked “You can restrain yourself for one or two days from eating…”

The petitioner was granted time to substantiate his claim by the Judgement he was relying on but yesterday after hearing the argument the court said squashed the petition saying that the closure was only for two more days and no fundamental right is getting violated. The high court dismissed the petition on the basis of the Supreme court judgment in Hinsa Virodhak Sangh vs Mirzapur Moti Kusreshi Jamat in which the apex court upheld the AMC’s resolution to close the abattoir for nine days of Jain Paryushan in 2008.

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