New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on July 21 an application filed by animal rights activist Gauri Maulekhi seeking clarification of its July 11 order staying Centre’s two notifications banning cattle sale for slaughter in live stock markets.
A bench of Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud agreed for listing the application it was brought to its notice that the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had stayed only one rule and not as was projected in the hearing on July 11.
On July 11, the apex court had extended for the whole country the High Court’s stay of Centre’s two notifications — Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (care and maintenance of case property animals) rules.
