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Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Ban On Halal Meat, Calls It Mischievous
Supreme Court of India (Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (13 October) dismissed a petition seeking a ban on Halal slaughter of animals for meat, and termed the petition as "mischievous", Live Law has reported.
The petitioner had argued that the European Court of Justice has in the past ruled that 'Halal' is extremely painful and extreme pain and suffering is inflicted upon the animal in the process.
"The technique of 'halal' is to performed by a skilled person belonging to a particular community (Muslim). It needs the animal to be alive till the last drop of blood gushes out...this is much more painful than 'jhatka' which involves a strike to the backbone so tha animal is stunned and dead", the petitioner's counsel added.
The bench led by Justice S K Kaul observed that, "Halal' is only a method of doing so. Different ways are possible- there is 'halal', there is 'jhatka'. Some people do 'jhatka', some do 'halal', how is it a problem? Some people want to eat 'halal' meat, some want to eat 'jhatka' meat, some want to eat reptile meat...Tomorrow you will say nobody should eat meat? We cannot determine who should be a vegetarian and who should be a non vegetarian!".
The bench subsequently dismissed the plea after terming it as mischievous.
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