: Ahmedabad meat ban: Does the law give Indians the right to eat the kind of food they want? #IndiaNEWS On Monday, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation banned stalls from selling meat, fish and eggs on

Ahmedabad meat ban: Does the law give Indians the right to eat the kind of food they want? #IndiaNEWS
On Monday, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation banned stalls from selling meat, fish and eggs on main roads and within 100 metres of schools, colleges and educational institutes. Municipal bodies of three other cities in Gujarat have put similar restrictions.This is not new: what Indians are allowed to eat has been a matter of debate for a long time. It has occupied the minds of India’s freedom fighters, Constitution framers, legislators and judges. While the conversation has mostly been regarding the slaughter of cows and beef-eating, there have also been other instances such as meat being banned during particular festivals and at religious places – all of which impacts what a person can eat.The matter is so controversial that the courts themselves have gone both ways, sometimes upholding the right to what people want to eat but at other times favouring aspects of religion and culture.Righ to nutritionIn 1958, a butcher Mohammed Hanif Qureshi challenged cow slaughter laws from three states – Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. These statutes banned the slaughter of cows, bulls, bullocks and calves. The challenge was that these statutes infringed the right to carry on trade or occupation as per Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution and the right to exercise religion as...Read more

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