Summary:
Citing concerns of public safety and hygiene, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday said it was impossible to accept any policy that permits slaughtering inside individual flats, referring to Bakri Eid. Of immediate concern was the grant of permission for slaughtering during Bakri Eid which will be celebrated on August 12. The bench said in its interim order, "In our view, the requirements of public safety, hygiene and sanitation make it impossible to accept any policy that permits slaughtering inside individual flats." "Therefore the MCGM [BMC] is prohibited and restrained from accepting or granting permissions of slaughter inside any individual flat. Safety, Hygiene.