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Kolkata, 29 October (Hindustan Reporter). A PIL has been filed demanding a ban on the sacrifice of 10,000 animals at a Kali temple in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal. On this, the Calcutta High Court said on Tuesday that it is not possible to make the people of entire Eastern India vegetarian.
When the matter reached the vacation bench of Justices Vishwajit Basu and Ajay Kumar Gupta, the court remarked that if the petitioner's aim is to make all people vegetarian, then it is impractical. Citing the example of state Advocate General Kishore Dutt, the court said that “the Advocate General cannot live even for a day without eating fish.” On this the Advocate General also agreed and said, “I am a complete non-vegetarian.”
The High Court also wanted to know whether this petition is only for this temple or the purpose of it is to ban animal sacrifice in all temples. The petitioner's lawyer replied that this petition has been filed focusing only on this temple, because more than 10 thousand animals are sacrificed here after Rasa Purnima. He said that this custom of the right to religion under Article 25 of the Constitution does not come under the essential religious act.
However, this argument was questioned by the court and asked, “How can you decide that it is not an essential religious act? There are differences in the religious customs of East and North India. “There is even controversy over whether ancient mythological characters were non-vegetarian or vegetarian.”
Advocate General Kishore Dutt raised the issue of lack of public interest in the case and cited an old Supreme Court order which had said that courts cannot ban animal sacrifice; It can be controlled only by the assemblies. He also referred to Section 28 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, which allows animal sacrifice for religious reasons.
Raising the issue of environmental pollution, the petitioner's lawyer said that animal sacrifice causes harm to the environment. On this the court said that if this is so, then the state government should take steps in this direction.
Finally, Justice Basu asked the petitioner, “Even if the court orders a ban on all forms of animal sacrifice, how will it be implemented?” The court also directed to link this case with another already ongoing case.