Allahabad HC asks central govt to declare cow as national animal.

Declare cow national animal to save the culture of the land, protecting it should be a fundamental right of Hindus: Allahabad HC.

Rejecting the bail petition of a man booked under the UP Cow Slaughter Act, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday urged the Central government to bring a Bill in Parliament for “protection of cows” and to declare “cow protection as a fundamental right of Hindus”.

“There are hundreds of examples in our country that whenever we forgot our ‘sanskriti’ (culture), the foreigners attacked us and made us slaves. Even today, if we do not wake up, then we should not forget the autocratic Taliban invasion and occupation of Afghanistan,” the court observed.

Sumita Raina | HENB | Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) | Sept 2, 2021::  The Allahabad High Court has said that the cow should be declared national animal and its protection must be made a fundamental right.

The court said on Wednesday that when the country’s culture and its faith get hurt, the country becomes weak.

“This is not the first offence of the applicant. Earlier also, he had committed cow slaughter which had disturbed the harmony of the society.

The court further observed, “Fundamental right is not only the prerogative of beef eaters. Rather, those who worship the cow and are financially dependent on them also have the right to lead a purposeful life. The right to life is above the right to kill and the right to eat beef can never be considered a fundamental right.”

The court said, “The government will also have to bring a bill in Parliament and declare cows the national animal and make strict laws against those who talk about harming them. Laws should come for those also who talk about cow protection by making cowsheds, etc., but have nothing to do with cow protection. Their only aim is to earn money in the name of cow protection.”

“There are hundreds of examples in our country that whenever we forgot our ‘sanskriti’ (culture), the foreigners attacked us and made us slaves. Even today, if we do not wake up, then we should not forget the autocratic Taliban invasion and occupation of Afghanistan,” the court observed.

Stressing the significance attached to the cow, the court said, “It is not that only Hindus have understood the importance of cows, Muslim rulers have also considered the cow an important part of India’s culture during their reign. Babur, Humayun and Akbar had banned cow slaughter in their religious festivals. Mysore’s ruler Hyder Ali had made cow slaughter a cognisable offence.”

Rejecting the bail petition of a man booked under the UP Cow Slaughter Act, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday urged the Central government to bring a Bill in Parliament for “protection of cows” and to declare “cow protection as a fundamental right of Hindus”.

Earlier in 2017, Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma of Rajasthan High Court mentioned Cow as Mother in a verdict and opined that Cow should be declared as ‘national animal’ under the statute of Art. 48 and Art 51 A(g) of Indian Constitution.

Bos Indicus (the Indian progeny cows) is now in most vulnerable condition in India under the threats of Halal Economics and Slaughter Jihad both directly connected with Jihadi Terrorism and Radical Islam.

Read this News in Bengali: ‘দেশের জাতীয় পশু হওয়া উচিত গরু’: এলাহাবাদ হাই কোর্ট

Read this news in Hindi: गाय को राष्ट्रीय पशु घोषित किया जाना चाहिए: इलाहाबाद हाई कोर्ट

__Inputs from IANS, Sangbad Pratidin, Zee News & Indian Kanoon.