HC refuses to entertain plea to ban illegal slaughterhouses in Delhi

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking a ban on illegal slaughterhouses running in the national capital and neighbouring areas, saying the petitioner has not given details about any of them.
“You have not given one single example of any illegal slaughterhouse. You want us to do fishing and roving inquiry in the entire Delhi. Where is the list of slaughterhouses?,” a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said.
The counsel for the petitioner said it was not possible to know the exact number as in each local market, such illegal slaughterhouses are functional.
After some arguments, the counsel sought liberty to withdraw the petition and file a fresh one with the necessary details of illegal slaughterhouses.
The court said the petition is dismissed as withdrawn.
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