Bombay High Court Allows Slaughtering Of Animals For Bakri Eid In Protected Area Around Vishalgad Fort
Live LawThe Bombay High Court has permitted the slaughtering of animals for the festival of Bakri Eid on June 17, 2024, in the protected area around the Vishalgad Fort in Kolhapur District. The communications stated that the slaughtering of animals within the protected monument area of Vishalgad was prohibited under Rule 8 of the 1962 Rules, which bans cooking and consumption of food within protected monuments. The court noted that while Vishalgad Fort is a protected monument, the surrounding area of 333 acres and 19 gunthas is designated as a protected area. “It is not in dispute that in the protected area, namely, 333 acres 19 gunthas, there are about 575 people and about 107 families residing in Vishalgad…If we were to hold that the entire area of 333 acres and 19 gunthas was the “protected monument”, then under Rule 8, these 107 families, admittedly residing within the area of 333 acres 19 gunthas, would not be allowed either to cook or consume food.
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