A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Calcutta High Court seeking a stay on the proposed sacrifice of nearly 10,000 goats at the Bolla Kali temple on account of the Kali Puja festival. .The Court was told that the sacrificial event is slated to take place on Friday (tomorrow), December 1. .A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya said it will hear the plea on Friday morning. ."Let it be listed tomorrow (Friday) we will hear it," the Court said..An urgent mentioning of the PIL was made by the petitioner's lawyer today. The counsel submitted that the Bolla Kali temple in Dinajpur has declared that it would be sacrificing 10,000 goats on Friday. "These activities were kept in abeyance for the last two years. This year, as per new articles, they have resurrected the practice. Thus, there is a grave urgency in the matter and needs to be heard at the earliest," the advocate told the Court. .The bench, however, sought to know whether there is an ban on the slaughtering of goats. The advocate replied that while there was no ban per se, there were rules regulating the manner in which goats can be slaughtered. "There is no ban on slaughtering as such. But the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Rules, 1950 lays down a procedure, wherein a goat to be slaughtered must be certified to be fit by a vet," the lawyer said. .The matter will be heard tomorrow.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Calcutta High Court seeking a stay on the proposed sacrifice of nearly 10,000 goats at the Bolla Kali temple on account of the Kali Puja festival. .The Court was told that the sacrificial event is slated to take place on Friday (tomorrow), December 1. .A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya said it will hear the plea on Friday morning. ."Let it be listed tomorrow (Friday) we will hear it," the Court said..An urgent mentioning of the PIL was made by the petitioner's lawyer today. The counsel submitted that the Bolla Kali temple in Dinajpur has declared that it would be sacrificing 10,000 goats on Friday. "These activities were kept in abeyance for the last two years. This year, as per new articles, they have resurrected the practice. Thus, there is a grave urgency in the matter and needs to be heard at the earliest," the advocate told the Court. .The bench, however, sought to know whether there is an ban on the slaughtering of goats. The advocate replied that while there was no ban per se, there were rules regulating the manner in which goats can be slaughtered. "There is no ban on slaughtering as such. But the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Rules, 1950 lays down a procedure, wherein a goat to be slaughtered must be certified to be fit by a vet," the lawyer said. .The matter will be heard tomorrow.