The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed a section of the Jain community, which demanded a ban on slaughterhouses in Mumbai for a week during the Paryushan festival, to convince the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to convince it. On August 14, the BMC ordered a two -day ban on slaughterhouses during the festival on the demand of the community. A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradh and Justice Sandeep Marne also questioned whether the community had any legal right to demand such a ban during the entire Paryushan festival to be celebrated from 20 to 27 August. This festival promotes internal purification, fasting, penance and development of virtues.
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The bench said that if it is left to us and people listen to us, then we will request all of us to become vegetarian. But this order should be under the purview of law. We respect your feelings, but you have to persuade BMC for it. Responding to this, senior advocate Prasad Dhakefalkar on behalf of the Jain community argued that it was much easier to persuade Emperor Akbar to close the slaughterhouses than the BMC or the Maharashtra government. Dhakefalkar argued that this community could easily celebrate Emperor Akbar, who ordered the closure of slaughterhouses in Gujarat at that time. But it is really difficult to celebrate the Maharashtra government and BMC.
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The Municipal Corporation has wrongly counted the total population of Mumbai. He would only compare the population of Jains to non -vegetarians. He also counted vegetarians with Jains. Indeed, Shravan month is also going on in Maharashtra, so half of non -non -vegetarian people are not caring, “they asked to strengthen the demand of the community, as well as the BMC Commissioner’s remarks that the population of Jains in Mumbai is very low.