SG Tushar Mehta raises issue of halal-certification of non-meat products in Supreme Court
2 months, 1 week ago

SG Tushar Mehta raises issue of halal-certification of non-meat products in Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on Monday raised in the Supreme Court the issue of halal certification of non-meat products such as iron bars and cement, asking why should non-believers be made to pay higher cost for halal-certified products. The law officer made the submissions before the apex court which was hearing the pleas challenging a notification prohibiting the manufacturing, storage, sale and distribution of food products with halal certification within UP, except for items produced for export. "With an objective to streamline the halal certification process of meat and meat products as halal from India, Department of Commerce and APEDA which is a regulatory body for export of meat, agricultural and processed food products requested QCI to develop a national scheme for certification of halal products," it said. The apex court had in 2024 sought responses from the UP government and others on separate pleas challenging the notification prohibiting the manufacturing, storage, sale and distribution of food products with halal certification within Uttar Pradesh, except for items produced for export.

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'Misleading': Jamiat Ulama Takes Objection To Centre's Submissions On Halal Certification Before Supreme Court
1 month ago

'Misleading': Jamiat Ulama Takes Objection To Centre's Submissions On Halal Certification Before Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Halal Trust, one of the petitioners challenging Uttar Pradesh government's ban on halal-certified products has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court taking exception to the statements made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during the last hearing that halal certifying agencies make "few lakh crores" out of the certification process and the Court may need to. The …

Jamiat Ulema Hind is earning crores by dubious Halal certificates for items like cement, water: Modi govt
2 months, 1 week ago

Jamiat Ulema Hind is earning crores by dubious Halal certificates for items like cement, water: Modi govt

Op India  

On Monday, 21st January, the Uttar Pradesh government in the Supreme Court exposed the halal certification process saying that several other products other than meat were also labeled as ‘halal certified’, requiring the products to meet the specifications of the Islamic Law. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta while representing the Uttar Pradesh state government in the Supreme Court stated that the …

SG raises halal-certification of non-meat products in SC
2 months, 1 week ago

SG raises halal-certification of non-meat products in SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Solicitor general of India Tushar Mehta on Monday raised in the Supreme Court the issue of halal certification of non-meat products such as iron bars and cement, flagging why non-believers should be made to pay higher cost for halal-certified products. The top law officer made the submissions during hearing of pleas challenging a notification prohibiting the manufacturing, storage, …

Shocked To See Many Non-Meat Products Having Halal Certification : Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court
2 months, 1 week ago

Shocked To See Many Non-Meat Products Having Halal Certification : Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

During the hearing of the pleas challenging Uttar Pradesh government's ban on halal-certified products, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta urged before the Supreme Court today that halal-certified products are costlier and the Court may have to consider the issue of people all across the country having to buy costlier halal-certified products just because they are demanded by a few.A bench. During …

Top food regulator plans to make its certification must for all food products
1 year, 1 month ago

Top food regulator plans to make its certification must for all food products

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: India’s top food regulator— the food safety and standards authority of India — is planning to make only FSSAI certification mandatory for food products in the country, according to a government statement. “In a move that would facilitate ease of doing business through the concept of ‘One Nation, One Commodity, One Regulator’, the Food Safety and Standards Authority …

Halal Ban | Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Jamiat Chief Mahmood Madani From Coercive Action Over UP Govt's Ban On Halal Products
1 year, 2 months ago

Halal Ban | Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Jamiat Chief Mahmood Madani From Coercive Action Over UP Govt's Ban On Halal Products

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Halal Trust's plea challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's ban on the manufacture, sale, storage and distribution of halal-certified products. The court had earlier issued notice in two other pleas by Halal India Private Limited and Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra challenging the ban imposed by the Uttar Pradesh Government on the "manufacture, sale, …

What is Halal Certification? Know complete controversy around it | EXPLAINED
1 year, 4 months ago

What is Halal Certification? Know complete controversy around it | EXPLAINED

India TV News  

What is Halal Certification? Know complete controversy around it | EXPLAINED Entities such as Halal India Private Limited Chennai, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Halal Trust Delhi, Halal Council of India Mumbai, Jamiat Ulama Maharashtra, and others have exploited religious sentiments to boost sales by providing halal certificates to customers of a specific religion. Know about the case The Uttar Pradesh government on …

UP govt bans sale of halal certified products with immediate effect
1 year, 4 months ago

UP govt bans sale of halal certified products with immediate effect

Firstpost  

The move comes after Lucknow police on Friday registered a case against a company and a few other organisations for allegedly exploiting people’s religious sentiments to boost sales by providing forged halal certificates. “In the interest of public health, production, storing, distribution and sale of halal certified edible items banned in Uttar Pradesh with immediate effect,” the official order stated. …

Uttar Pradesh News FIR In UP Against Firms Forging Halal Certification Yogi Adityanath Govt May Ban Halal-Certified Products
1 year, 4 months ago

Uttar Pradesh News FIR In UP Against Firms Forging Halal Certification Yogi Adityanath Govt May Ban Halal-Certified Products

ABP News  

The Uttar Pradesh Police has received a complaint against companies accused of selling products by forging Halal-certified documents to exploit religious sentiments for financial gains. The police initiated legal action against companies, including Halal India Private Limited in Chennai, Jamiat Ulema Hind Halal Trust in Delhi, Halal Council of India in Mumbai, and Jamiat Ulema Maharashtra in Mumbai, news agency …

UP Govt bans sale of Halal certified products with immediate effect
1 year, 4 months ago

UP Govt bans sale of Halal certified products with immediate effect

India TV News  

The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday banned Halal-certified food and medicines in a bid to control the unauthorized practice of granting 'Halal certificates'. In a statement, the state government alleged 'malicious attempts' to discourage the use of products lacking a halal certificate not only seek 'unfair financial benefits' but also form part of a 'pre-planned strategy to sow …

Government of India notifies guidelines for halal certification of meat products: What it means, what the guidelines say and what Hindu orgs are saying
1 year, 11 months ago

Government of India notifies guidelines for halal certification of meat products: What it means, what the guidelines say and what Hindu orgs are saying

Op India  

On April 6, the Commerce Ministry, Government of India, notified guidelines for halal certification of meat and meat products specifically for export purposes. It read, “Meat and meat products shall be allowed to be exported as ‘halal certified’, only if produced, processed and/or packaged in a facility having a valid certification under the i-CAS of the Quality Council of India, …

Madras High Court quashes ban on manufacture, sale of gutkha
2 years, 2 months ago

Madras High Court quashes ban on manufacture, sale of gutkha

The Hindu  

In a significant verdict, the Madras High Court has held that the Commissioner of Food Safety is empowered to ban manufacture and sale of tobacco products only for a temporary period that may extend up to a maximum of one year and therefore the successive notifications issued in Tamil Nadu extending the ban on gutkha and pan masala year after …

Right wing group calls for halal-free Diwali in Karnataka
2 years, 5 months ago

Right wing group calls for halal-free Diwali in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Pro-Hindu organisations on Tuesday called for a ‘halal-free’ Diwali in Karnataka and demanded multinational food chains segregate halal and non-halal food items at their outlets. Right-wing groups like the Hindu Janajagruthi Samithi and the Sriram Sena have joined hands and demanded these companies not serve halal-certified meat to non-Muslims. READ | Bajrang Dal members attack Karnataka Muslim man selling 'halal' …

Right Wing Groups Now Target Multiple Brands Including IRCTC & Air India for Halal Certification
2 years, 11 months ago

Right Wing Groups Now Target Multiple Brands Including IRCTC & Air India for Halal Certification

News 18  

Some right-wing organisations are now going after multiple brands including the state-owned IRCTC, Air India and Amulfed Dairy for displaying halal certificate on their product labels. The list shared by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti state spokesperson Mohan Gowda has the likes of IRCTC, Air India, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation besides chicken products, soft drinks, flour and chocolate brands which offer halal …

Halal certification is purely religious: Why is Govt of India even allowing it
2 years, 11 months ago

Halal certification is purely religious: Why is Govt of India even allowing it

Op India  

A lot of discussions have been going on over the Halal certification issue. The answer will be no because Halal certification is issued by religious Islamic organisations, for example, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind in India, whose areas of speciality include providing legal assistance to terrorists and murderers. Halal certification is purely religious, even in non-meat products because it considers whether the …

SC Asks Congress MP Jairam Ramesh To Submit Representation Before Centre On Plea For Food Security [Read Order]
4 years, 10 months ago

SC Asks Congress MP Jairam Ramesh To Submit Representation Before Centre On Plea For Food Security [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the plea seeking directions to the Centre and state government to ensure the universal coverage of Food Security for all during the COVID-19 pandemic and directed that the issue be taken up as a representation before the concerned authorities.The Congress leader had sought directions from the court that the requirement of ration …

Buying Halal, not Jhatka, discriminatory: McDonald's India gets legal notice
5 years, 5 months ago

Buying Halal, not Jhatka, discriminatory: McDonald's India gets legal notice

Op India  

McDonald’s fast-food chain in India seems to have landed itself in trouble. The notice refers to the statement made by McDonald’s India in August where it asserted that all the meat used by them is Halal meat. The legal notice also includes statements by McDonald’s UK and Canada that specifically say that their eateries do not serve Halal meat and …

Centre Assures SC That National Food Security Act Will Be Implemented In All States and UTs
7 years, 7 months ago

Centre Assures SC That National Food Security Act Will Be Implemented In All States and UTs

Live Law  

The Centre today assured the Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and N.V.Ramana, that the provisions of the National Food Security Act, 2013 would be implemented in all the States and the Union Territories, and that the Government would make all efforts in this regard with due earnestness.The Attorney General, K.K.Venugopal, made this assurance on behalf of the Centre, …

SC issues notice to Maharashtra govt on consumption of beef slaughtered in other states
8 years, 7 months ago

SC issues notice to Maharashtra govt on consumption of beef slaughtered in other states

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Maharashtra government on a petition challenging a Bombay High Court order permitting consumption of beef brought from states that allow cow slaughter New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Maharashtra government on a petition challenging a Bombay High Court order permitting consumption of beef brought from states …

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