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Centre bans sale of cattle for slaughter at livestock markets

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I am a vegetarian, so I am personally not affected by this ban. But at the same time, I think it is a dangerous direction for the country as a whole. The majority of Indians are non-vegetarians. (yes majority of Hindus do not eat beef).


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In a move amounting to a virtual ban on slaughter of cattle, the Centre on Friday announced strict rules to prohibit sale of animals for slaughter or religious sacrifice at livestock markets and animal fairs that are a common occurrence in rural areas. The animals under purview are cows, bulls, bullocks, buffaloes, steers, heifers, calves and camels.

The official reasoning is the order is intended to end uncontrolled and unregulated animal trade. The rules won't apply to goats and sheep, often sacrificed during Id. Apart from the stated objective of curbing unregulated trade, mixing of milch animals with older, less healthy beasts meant for slaughter, the move has political overtones in tune with BJP's pledge to "protect" the cow and its progeny.

The rules are in line with BJP's emphasis on shutting down illegal slaughterhouses during the UP poll and the views expressed by senior leaders calling for the promotion of "cattle wealth" rather than the meat trade.


Meat export organizations have protested the move saying it was sudden and arbitrary and will affect their business that is already taking a hit over the actions of BJP governments that have discouraged the trade.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...at-livestock-markets/articleshow/58861631.cms


My cousin runs a goshala for a famous Matt. He tells me that already they are overun by cows that are sick and old. They do not have any more room. These animals are basically draining the matt, were as that money and the money from the export could have been better utilized to Save the children, who are dying.
Politics wins at the expense of humanity.

I went to a temple just outside Chennai, they had a goshala. It was more of a small pen with cows and calves litterally crammed in. The cows were hobknobed with their legs being tied to the head. They seemed to be in discomfort, but the temple makes money from devotees as they think they are paying for the cows upkeep. These cows are also rented out for gaudanam.




 
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Considered holy by many Hindus, cows are a sensitive political topic and have gained in importance since Prime Minister Narendra Modi stormed to power in 2014 as several BJP-ruled states enacted strict laws to punish cow slaughter.

But many say the expanding protection for bovines is a proxy war against Dalits and Muslims – as exemplified by the lynching of dairy farmer Pehlu Khan in Rajasthan in April or the flogging of Dalit men in Gujarat’s Una last year. Slaughter of milch cows is banned in all states except in Kerala and in parts of north-east India.The annual meat business in India is estimated to be around Rs one lakh crore with exports worth Rs 26,303 crore in 2016-17. Uttar Pradesh is the market leader followed by Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Telangana. Most states in India hold weekly animal markets and many states operate them near borders to attract traders from neighbouring states.

The meat industry worries it will come to a “standstill”.

“We are shocked,” SN Sabbarwal director general of All India Meat Exporters Association told Hindustan Times. “Only a few slaughter houses get animals from breeders.”

Regulating cattle trade is a state subject but animal welfare is overseen by the Centre. So the environment ministry notified the rules under the animal welfare law but gave district administrations the power to enforce them.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/centre-bans-cow-slaughter-across-india-cows-can-be-sold-only-to-farmers/story-8sFXJxiNmZ8eD6NXDgbvnL.html

Sorry, this piece is from that "dreaded non-Hindu owned" business, so may not be very convenient. Maybe it is the inconvenient truth.
 
Since it is a recommendation of Judges considering the pros and cons... now it is for the Government at Centre to consider...

Make cow national animal, give life imprisonment for slaughter: Rajasthan High Court tells Centre

Rajasthan High Court's recommendation comes amid a massive outrage across the country over a controversial notification issued by the Centre over the sale and slaughter of cattle.


The Rajasthan High Court today recommended life imprisonment for cow slaughter while also calling to make the bovine, considered holy by many Hindus, as India's national animal.

The state High Court was hearing the Hingonia Gaushala case, in which over 8000 cows had died between January 1 and July 31 last year due to ill health and accidental injuries in what is considered one of "Asia's best" cow shelters.

"Keeping in mind Articles 48 and 51A(g) of the Constitution and to provide legal entity for their proper protection and conservation of cow, it is expected from the government that cow is declared a national animal," Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma said in a 145-page order.

The court said India was a predominantly agriculture-based country where animal husbandry played an important role.

The judge appointed the Chief Secretary and the Advocate General of Rajasthan in loco parentis (custodians) for the protection and conservation of cows.

These officials will work for the protection and conservation of cows and to declare cow a national animal, the ruling said.

BEEF BAN OUTRAGE ACROSS INDIA


The court's recommendation to the central government comes amid a massive outrage across the country over a controversial notification issued by the Centre on the sale and slaughter of cattle.

The Environment Ministry last week notified the stringent Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, banning the sale and purchase of cattle at animal markets for the purpose of slaughter.

The Centre's rules defined cattle as a bovine animal, including bulls, bullocks, cows, buffaloes, steers, heifers and calves and camels.

Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...-animal-life-term-for-slaughter/1/967187.html
 
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[FONT=&quot]The recent ban on the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter through animal markets has strangely been notified by the Union ministry of environment and forests though the subject of animal husbandry is under the ministry of agriculture. It is also wrong to say that these rules were framed on the directions of the Supreme Court (SC). In 2014, the SC had only directed that a panel be set up to frame rules to stop smuggling of cattle on the Indo-Nepal border. It is not surprising then that the Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of the new rules on the ground that “several communities such as Sikhs, Muslims, backward classes and Dalits, who as a matter of worship and offering, sacrifice animals, which are covered within the expansive definition of cattle under the rules”.

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[FONT=&quot]India has included prohibition of cow slaughter in the directive principles of the Constitution because one community treats it sacred. But is cow reverence an ‘essential practice’ of Hinduism? If cow reverence is not an essential Hindu practice — i.e. it was not there in original Hinduism or one can be a Hindu even without revering the cow — then constitutional protection for the animal and the ban that more than 22 states have imposed on cow slaughter will not be justified. Even the Supreme Court’s 2006 upholding of total ban on slaughter of cow or cow progeny will become questionable. In fact, there is evidence that beef eating was common in the Vedic and subsequent times even among Brahmins.

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[FONT=&quot]Ownership is a bundle of rights, which includes the right to alienation and even right to destruction. These arbitrary rules, which are not based on any intelligible differentia and have no rational objective to achieve, are likely to be struck down as unconstitutional.

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http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/the-modi-govt-s-new-cattle-trade-ban-may-not-pass-legal-test/story-W2TWCVUuFCGFihHZDhcb8L.html
 
The stand of the Kerala High Court appears to be different....!!

[h=1]New rules don't ban cattle slaughter, surprised at Madras HC order: Kerala HC[/h]
The PIL filed by a Youth Congress secretary TS Saji was subsequently withdrawn.

Hearing the first set of Public Interest Litigations (PIL) challenging the Centre's recent regulation banning sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets across the country, the Kerala High Court observed on Wednesday that there was no ban on cattle slaughter.

A division bench of the HC remarked that the Centre's rule only prohibits sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets and said that the act could be done anywhere else.

"The PIL does not stand, since the Centre's regulation only bans sale of cattle for slaughter in animal markets. It has not banned cattle slaughter at all. Can't the sale and slaughtering be done at home or other places? There is no breach of citizens' rights here. Seems like people are raising objections without even reading the regulation," the court has reportedly remarked.

Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...ter-surprised-madras-hc-order-kerala-hc-62910
 
High Court asking for more stringent punishment for killing cows....

Cow is sacred national wealth’: HC asks Telangana, AP to make killing cows non-bailable offence



The court said that Sections 11 and 26 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 should enhance the punishment to make it on par with Section 429 IPC.

Stating that cows were “sacred national wealth”, the Hyderabad High Court on Friday directed both the Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra to amend penal laws for killing or maiming cattle, including cows, to make them non-bailable offences.

Justice B Siva Sankara Rao delivered the judgment, dismissing a petition filed by Ramavath Hanuma of Nalgonda.

According to The New Indian Express, the petitioner and several others had kept cows and bulls for slaughtering to distribute the meat on Bakrid. They bought the cows and bulls from farmers. However, the police seized the cattle and registered cases under Sections 5, 6 and 10 of Prohibition of Cows Slaughter and Animal Preservation Act II of 1977 and 11 (1)(b) of Prohibition of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

When the local court ordered the cattle be handed over to Gowshala, the petitioner sought their custody back but the case was dismissed by a trial court in Nalgonda.

The petitioner filed a criminal revision plea before the HC.

“In this country, Bharat, to the majority of population cow is a substitute for mother who, in turn, is a substitute for god. The cow acquires a special sanctity and is called “Aghnya” (not to be slain). Thus, cow is a sacred national wealth and no one can kill or sell it for slaughter,” Justice Siva Sankara Rao was quoted in TNIE.

Read more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...-make-killing-cows-non-bailable-offence-63434
 
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If cows were “sacred national wealth”, why would we allow them to be owned by individuals?
All the cows must be owned by Government of India. We must not allow people to use and misuse a "sacred National Wealth". (
that is a tongue-in-cheek statement).
 
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If cows were “sacred national wealth”, why would we allow them to be owned?.

I think temples are also considered as sacred..

And there are temples owned by families and by individuals... Is it not..?

And there are members here to say that some of such temples are being misused..

All the cows must be owned by Government of India. We must not allow people to use and misuse a "sacred National Wealth". (that is a tongue-in-cheek statement).

Why should cow must be owned by Government of India..?

There are Dairy Development....and there are goshalas to take care...

Every individual is entitled to earn and own anything he desire except prohibited items.

At times we use and misuse our own Gunas..?

At times we are being used and misused by our own kith and kin.. Is it not...?

And above all, there are people who believe that it is the best salvation

(that was also a tongue-in-cheek statement)

And there may be people believe in following quotes

[FONT=&quot]QUOTES ON COW -[/FONT][FONT=&quot]“The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of "real food for real people" you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.” -- By Famous American Dr Neal D. Barnard , M.D., President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, D.C.
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[FONT=&quot]"When we kill the animals to eat them, they end up killing us because their flesh, which contains cholesterol and saturated fat, was never intended for human beings."
-- William C. Roberts, M.D., editor of The American Journal of Cardiology[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Cow is the source of progress and prosperity. In many ways it is superior
to one’s mother. – Mahatma Gandhi

Killing a bull is equivalent to killing a cow. – Jesus Christ

Cow’s milk is tonic, its ghee is ambrosia and its meat is disease.
Hazarat Mohamed

Cow protection is the eternal dharma of India
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, 1st President of India

One cow in its life time can feed 4,10,440 people once a day while its
meat is sufficient only for 80 people.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Till cows are slaughtered, no religious or social function can bring its
fruit.
Devarah Baba, The Ageless Yogi

The first section of Indian Constitution should be on prohibition for Cow
slaughter.
Pt Madan Mohan Malviya[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]*Quotes of Great Personalities*

The pressure of Muslims for cow slaughter is the limit of foolishness. I
have studied both Koran and Bible. According to both of them, to kill a cow
even indirectly is a great sin.
– Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Since the cruel killing of cows and other animal have commenced, I have
anxiety for the future generation.
– Lala Lajpat Rai

Kill me but spare the cow. – Lokmanya Tilak

According to me under the present circumstances, there is nothing more
scientific and intelligent act than banning cow slaughter.
Jai Prakash Narayan

Cow is the God even of God. – Shri Haridas Shastri

We want to live in the world while being called as Hindus then we have to
protect cows with all our might.
– Shri Prabhudata Brahmachari

The offensive act of British Rule towards cows will go down in the
history as an abominable deed. – Lord Lonlithgo

Cow is the foundation of our economy.
Giani Zail Singh – Former President

Neither Koran nor the Arabian Customs permit killing cow.
Hakim Ajamal Khan[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]*Quotes of Scientists*

Cow milk is father of overall health and complete diet
Dr.Fredrick Halfman

Cow milk is beneficial even on heart diseases and cancer.
Dr.Elawheeler phillocks

Yoghurt is the main ingredient which makes the body disease free.
With regular use of milk lacs of people restored their health and
thousands saved their life. – Dr.Bernard Macfaden

Its misfortune of human beings that having milk and fruits he can be
disease free, inspite of these great diets he is going for medicines. –
Endolf just

Cow milk contains some special kind of bacteria which helps in cleaning
and maintaining the intestines thru which the major part of life force is
used to enrich and develop the cells. The energy left from fighting with
diseases is the main reason for its brightness and long life. – Dr.
Macnicock

Source:
https://www.change.org/p/government-of-india-save-cow-save-planet[/FONT]


 
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I think temples are also considered as sacred..

And there are temples owned by families and by individuals... Is it not..?

And there are members here to say that some of such temples are being misused..



Why should cow must be owned by Government of India..?



Sir you have a panache for arguing without understanding other's point of view. You did not read my statement and start an argument.

My statement was:
If cows were “sacred national wealth”, why would we allow them to be owned by an individual?

There is a difference between, a sacred national wealth, and a sacred wealth.
All places of worship can be sacred places, but they are not National wealth.
National wealth or national building must be owned by the government.
Did you understand the difference?


What part of my comment in pink color:
(that is a tongue-in-cheek statement)
You do not understand.

[FONT=&quot]tongue in cheek[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]When a statement is "tongue in cheek" it is ironic, slyly humorous; it is not meant to be taken seriously, however its sarcasm is subtle.

Though not meant to be taken seriously, it is not overt joking or kidding around, it is "gently poking fun". A "tongue in cheek" statement may have a double meaning, some sort of inuendo or is witty in some way, particularly to the speaker. The tone or the context of the statement may make it to be taken seriously by the listener.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tongue%20in%20cheek


So instead of posting a rejoinder to a post, that you do not get it, please ask a friend to explain it. Or ignore the post.
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Sir you have a panache for arguing without understanding other's point of view. You did not read my statement and start an argument.

You seems to have your own theories... on every topic.... and members know well about your presentation of argument, contention...etc

You may not be having any idea behind the Government of India's recent order on banning ...

Please go through this article which through light on the stand of the Government and the Supreme Court of India.

I have every right to ignore all your other statements because they lack substance


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On May 23,the Centre notified thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017,ostensibly to regulate animal markets in the country and prevent crueltyinflicted on cattle during transportation, sale or auctioning. But under Rule22 of the new regulation, cattle traders will have to furnish a declarationstating that cattle have been brought to the market for “agriculture purposes”and not slaughter. Even the purchaser of the cattle cannot resell them furtherfor slaughter.

In the wake of rising violence by cow protection vigilantes, these “regulation of livestock markets” rules are being seen as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s attempt to introduce a backdoor ban on cattle slaughter and beef across the country. The rules have triggered a wave of protests in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and other states where beef has traditionally been eaten.

The genesis of these rules was in a 2014 writ petition filed in the Supreme Court by animal rightsactivist Gauri Maulekhi, against the cruelty involved in the rampant smuggling of Indian buffaloes into Nepal for the Gadhimai festival every five years.
Once every five years, lakhs of Indian buffaloes are smuggled into Nepal – under allegedly in humane transport conditions – to be sacrificed for the goddess Gadhimai. In 2014,Gauri Maulekhi, a trustee of People for Animals, a group headed by Menaka Gandhi, BJP leader and Minister of Women and Child Development, filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court against this cross-border smuggling.

In October 2014, the Courtdirected the Sashastra Seema Bal (the body governing the Indo-Nepal border),the governments of the bordering states and other Central government ministries to put a stop to the export of live cattle and buffaloes into Nepal. To arrive at a more long-term solution to the problem, the Court also called for the formation of a committee, under the chairmanship of the director general of the Sashastra Seema Bal.

This committee, comprising the chief secretaries of various state governments, the Animal Welfare Board ofIndia and other respondents, held its first meetings in March and April 2015.“That is when we realised that the matter was a lot more complicated,” saidJayasimha Nuggehalli, a lawyer representing Maulekhi who was, at the time, a member of the Animal Welfare Board of India. According to Nuggehalli, the cross-border cattle smuggling was just the tip of an iceberg that involved awide network of cattle trading and auctioning in India, during which a range of animal cruelty laws were being violated.

The nationwide ban on selling cattle for slaughter at animal markets has raised a storm across India, but the Centre has defended the rules, saying they were prompted by the orders of the Supreme Court.

This is only partially true, documents seen by Scroll.in reveal.

In 2014, in response to a petition filed by animal rights activists, the Supreme Court had asked the government to set up a committee to address the problem of cattle smuggling on the border of India and Nepal. In 2015, the committee recommended the framing of new rules to regulate cattle markets, so that healthy cattle are sold only for legally authorised purposes.

But the central government subsequently replaced the term “legally authorised purposes” with “not been brought to market for sale for slaughter”.

This has serious implications. Since states frame laws to define legally authorised purposes,under the committee’s recommendation, in states where cattle slaughter is legal, cattle could still be sold for slaughter in animals markets.
But the Centre’s modification of the committee’s recommendation has resulted in a blanket ban on the sale and purchase of all cattle – including buffaloes and camels – at animal markets for the purpose of slaughter, even in states where cattle slaughter is allowed.

It began with a PIL

An Uttarakhand rule, with a twist

The committee’s recommendations included framing rules to regulate cattle markets, so that healthy cattle are sold only for legally authorised purposes. This recommendation – the first expression of what would become the Regulation of Livestock Markets rules – is based on a government order issued by the Uttarakhand state in 2010.

“Uttarakhand, Gujarat and some other states where cow slaughter is banned had already been implementing this rule for a while,” said Nuggehalli, who added that he didn’t know what motivated the Uttarakhand government to bring in a rule against the sale of animals for legally unauthorised purposes. “The committee was considering various mechanisms that would be most effective for stopping smuggling, and they looked at the Uttarakhand rule as a reference.”

There is a significant difference, however, between the recommendation of the committee and Rule 22 of the regulations that were eventually notified this month. Under the committee’s recommendation of allowing cattle sale only for “legally authorised purposes”, states where cattle slaughter is legal would still be able to sell cattle for slaughter in animal markets.

But the new Central government rules have moved away from “legally authorised purposes” to explicitly ban the sale of cattle “for slaughter” in animal markets, even if some states may otherwise permit cattle slaughter.



Souce: https://scroll.in/article/839192/ho...o-slip-in-a-cattle-slaughter-ban-across-india


You are entitled to your opinion.

The Minister has reported that the Government has taken into consideration all the objections that were raised in the matter and is very careful in implementing it.

BTW why eating pork is banned in Islamic countries....?


 
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Wiki says:

''Rahman was introduced to Qadiri Islam, when his younger sister was seriously ill in 1984. His mother

was a practicing Hindu. He converted to Islam with other members of his family in 1989 at age 23,

changing his name from R. S. Dileep Kumar to Allah Rakha Rahman (A. R. Rahman)''.
 
Now the matter is before the Supreme Court....

[h=1]Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Centre's Ban On Cattle Sale For Slaughter On June 15[/h]The plea claimed that the government notification issued last month was "against the freedom of religious practice to sacrifice the animals" and imposing a ban on slaughter of animals for food violates the right to food, privacy and personal liberty guaranteed to a citizen under the Constitution.

It claimed that states like Kerala, West Bengal, Tripura and Karnataka have said that they would not implement the Centre's ban as it would impact the livelihood of those involved in this business.

"It is also to be noted that slaughtering of animals for food, the foods and culinary made out of such animal flesh and offering sacrifice of animals is a part of cultural identity of such communities, which is protected from any legislative or executive encroachment under Article 29 of the Constitution of India which is not been subjected to any restriction by the framers of the Constitution...," the petitioner, Hyderabad- based Mohammed Abdul Faheem Qureshi, said in his plea.

Complete ban of sale or purchase or re-sale of animals would cast a huge economic burden on the farmers, cattle traders who find it difficult to feed their children today, it said

They would be also required to feed the cattle as it was an offence under Act of 1960 (Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act) to starve an animal or failure to maintain it and would also "give way for cow vigilantes to harass farmers and cattle traders under the blessing of the impugned regulations", said the petition filed through advocate Sanobar Ali Qureshi.

The plea further said the 1960 Act was not enacted by Parliament to prohibit or restrict any act of slaughter of animals for food or for religious sacrifice or the sale of animals for it.

It has sought the apex court's direction to declare these rules of Prevention Of Cruelty To Animal (Regulation Of Live Stocks, Markets) Rules and Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (Care And Maintenance Of Case Property Animals) as ultra vires and unconstitutional.

The impugned provisions are imposing an absolute ban on slaughtering of animals in the country directly affecting the employment of the butchers and their trade, the plea said.

It is depriving the citizens food of their choice and is in violation of the right to livelihood under Article 21 of the Constitution and also inconsistent and violative of section 28 of the parent Act, the plea said. (PTI)

Source: http://www.outlookindia.com/website...tres-ban-on-cattle-sale-for-slaughter-/299234
 
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