The Calcutta High Court has upheld the West Bengal government’s notification restricting animal slaughter ahead of Eid. On Thursday, a division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Parthasarathi Sen ruled that no animal may be slaughtered without an official certificate confirming its suitability, and that public slaughter will remain completely prohibited. The court declined to stay the state’s May 13 notification, which imposed several restrictions on the slaughter of cows and buffaloes.
The bench directed the state government to review the certification process and related infrastructure while continuing hearings on the constitutional validity of the law. It also instructed that any applications for exemption be resolved within 24 hours. The court referred to the Supreme Court’s earlier observation in the “State of Bihar vs. Mohammad Hanif Qureshi” case, which stated that cow slaughter is not an essential religious practice in Islam.
The state notification contains eight specific directives requiring prior certification for the slaughter of bulls, oxen, cows, calves, male and female buffaloes, and castrated buffaloes. Violations of these provisions will be punishable under law.
আমার দেশ অনলাইন প্রকাশ : ২১ মে ২০২৬, ২২: ০৬ ঈদকে সামনে রেখে পশ্চিমবঙ্গ রাজ্য সরকারের জারি করা পশু জবাই সংক্রান্ত বিজ্ঞপ্তি বহাল রেখেছে কলকাতা হাইকোর্ট। বৃহস্পতিবার প্রধান বিচারপতি সুজয় পাল ও বিচারপতি পার্থসারথি সেনের ডিভিশন বেঞ্চ জানিয়ে দিয়েছে, জবাই
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