Maharashtra Beef Ban

The Chief Minister versus Governor row in Maharashtra continued on the day of Dussehra, as Uddhav Thackeray hit back at Bhagat Singh Koshyari in his Vijayadashami address, advising him to follow the speech of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra on Monday recused herself from hearing a plea challenging a Bombay High Court order which decriminalised the possession of beef if animals slaughtered outside Maharashtra.

The landmark judgement declaring right to privacy a fundamental right would have "some bearing" in matters relating to slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

The legal battle over the beef ban in Maharashtra has now reached the Supreme Court with the Maharashtra government insisting that the stringent law passed in 2015 prevails

A BJP worker who was beaten up by alleged cow vigilantes in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Wednesday, had beef in his possession, the police have said. Salim Shah, 34, was arrested after forensic tests confirmed that the meat he was carrying was beef, which is banned in Maharashtra, news agency Press Trust of India reported. He has been sent to p...

Maharashtra's policemen will soon be equipped with a kit to instantly test whether meat that they have seized is beef or not. 45 such kits at 8,000 rupees each have been ordered by the State Forensic Science Laboratory, run by the police.

A total of 45 beef detection kits are likely to be given to Mumbai police in August in the first round.

A group of young men punching and kicking a cornered man, a heap of meat lying on ground nearby: A shocking video from Malegaon, an area in Maharashtra's Washim district, shows yet another incident of alleged cow vigilantism. The men targeted, the police said, were said to be selling beef, which is banned in the state. Samples of the meat have been...

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday demanded that illegal slaughter houses flourishing in Jharkhand should be closed and sealed in line with neighbouring Uttar Pradesh."We also demand that beef should be banned in line with Maharashtra," said Pramod Mishra, VHP's Bihar and Jharkhand head to news agency IANS.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from Maharashtra government on a bunch of petitions challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding the ban on beef imposed by state government through an enactment.

Five persons have been arrested from a shop in Ambernath West, 70 km from Mumbai, on suspicion of cow slaughter.

Two fresh petitions were filed today in the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding the ban on beef imposed by Maharashtra government through an enactment.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Maharashtra government on a petition challenging a Bombay High Court order permitting consumption of beef brought from states that allow cow slaughter.

The Maharashtra government, if required, will approach the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court's decision of striking down of "unconstitutional sections" of Maharashtra Animals Preservation (Amendment) Act, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today.

A court on Friday struck down a tough law that had banned the consumption of beef in Maharashtra.

The Chief Minister versus Governor row in Maharashtra continued on the day of Dussehra, as Uddhav Thackeray hit back at Bhagat Singh Koshyari in his Vijayadashami address, advising him to follow the speech of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra on Monday recused herself from hearing a plea challenging a Bombay High Court order which decriminalised the possession of beef if animals slaughtered outside Maharashtra.

The landmark judgement declaring right to privacy a fundamental right would have "some bearing" in matters relating to slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court said on Friday.

The legal battle over the beef ban in Maharashtra has now reached the Supreme Court with the Maharashtra government insisting that the stringent law passed in 2015 prevails

A BJP worker who was beaten up by alleged cow vigilantes in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Wednesday, had beef in his possession, the police have said. Salim Shah, 34, was arrested after forensic tests confirmed that the meat he was carrying was beef, which is banned in Maharashtra, news agency Press Trust of India reported. He has been sent to p...

Maharashtra's policemen will soon be equipped with a kit to instantly test whether meat that they have seized is beef or not. 45 such kits at 8,000 rupees each have been ordered by the State Forensic Science Laboratory, run by the police.

A total of 45 beef detection kits are likely to be given to Mumbai police in August in the first round.

A group of young men punching and kicking a cornered man, a heap of meat lying on ground nearby: A shocking video from Malegaon, an area in Maharashtra's Washim district, shows yet another incident of alleged cow vigilantism. The men targeted, the police said, were said to be selling beef, which is banned in the state. Samples of the meat have been...

The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday demanded that illegal slaughter houses flourishing in Jharkhand should be closed and sealed in line with neighbouring Uttar Pradesh."We also demand that beef should be banned in line with Maharashtra," said Pramod Mishra, VHP's Bihar and Jharkhand head to news agency IANS.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from Maharashtra government on a bunch of petitions challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding the ban on beef imposed by state government through an enactment.

Five persons have been arrested from a shop in Ambernath West, 70 km from Mumbai, on suspicion of cow slaughter.

Two fresh petitions were filed today in the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding the ban on beef imposed by Maharashtra government through an enactment.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Maharashtra government on a petition challenging a Bombay High Court order permitting consumption of beef brought from states that allow cow slaughter.

The Maharashtra government, if required, will approach the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court's decision of striking down of "unconstitutional sections" of Maharashtra Animals Preservation (Amendment) Act, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today.

A court on Friday struck down a tough law that had banned the consumption of beef in Maharashtra.