Madras HC refuses to lift ban on camel slaughter

CHENNAI: Madras High Court rejected a new public interest litigation demanding that the ban on camel slaughter be lifted from Tamil Nadu. The new litigation sought a direction to authorities to create slaughter facilities in the state. Reiterating its prohibition order, the first bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan said it would not entertain petitions seeking to circumvent its earlier orders. The court also directed the state government to ensure that its orders were not violated, making it clear that police officers would be held responsible if camels were brought to their areas and slaughtered. "You cannot insist on sacrificing camel. Nobody prohibits sacrifice, but this animal is not in Tamil Nadu and it is not native to the state," the bench said.