Madras High Court Directs Chief Secretary To Ensure Cow Slaughter Is Not Allowed On Roads & Non-Designated Areas On Bakrid

The Madras High Court on Wednesday (May 27) directed Tamil Nadu's Chief Secretary to ensure that cow slaughter is not carried out on roads and non-designated areas on Bakrid. 

Bakrid or Eid-ul-Zuha will be celebrated tomorrow i.e. May 28. 

A division bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayan  passed the order in a plea seeking direction to the state authorities including the Director General of Police to take steps to prevent the slaugther of cows in public places. 

The petitioner submitted that he had come to know that the cows are being slaughtered illegally in public places and had sent a representation on May 18 to the respondents to immediately take steps to prevent cow slaughter in public plces and to rescue the cows. However, the petitioner, claimes the respondents did consider the representation. 

A detailed copy of the order is awaited. 

Case title: K Surya v/s Secretary to the Government & Ors.