Animal Welfare v Restricting a consumable food item; Beef Ban

President Pranab Mukherjee has assented to the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 1995, over 19 years after the Maharashtra Assembly passed the Bill during the BJP-Shiv Sena rule in 1995 and first submitted to the President for approval on January 30, 1996.. The President after signing the Bill sent it to the Ministry of Home Affairs, which then informed the Maharashtra Governor...