HC stays ban on meat sale in Mumbai

September 14, 2015 16:18

The Bombay High Court today stayed the controversial ban on sale of meat in Mumbai on September 17 in connection with the Jain community's fasting season Paryushan, asking why the restriction is only on mutton and chicken and not on fish and eggs.

"If it is a question of practice of non-violence by the Jain community, then why only mutton and chicken have been included in the ban and not fish and eggs?" the court asked about the ban, an issue which has kicked up a political storm with questions being raised on intrusion into eating habits of people.

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