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Kochi, June 22
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed the operation of two recent orders of the Lakshadweep administration — to close down dairy farms and remove meat products, including chicken, from the menu of midday meals for schoolchildren.
The stay order was issued by a Division bench, comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly, on a PIL filed by a lawyer from the Islands.
Petitioner Ajmal Ahmed R alleged that when Praful Khoda Patel took charge as island administrator in December last year, his top priority was to close down the farms run by the animal husbandry department and to “attack” the food habits of the Islanders, being followed from time immemorial.
Challenging the May 21, 2021, order of the Director of Animal Husbandry, directing immediate closure of all dairy farms, Ahmed said it was done with an intention to implement the proposed “Animal Preservation (Regulation), 2021”, which bans slaughter of cows, calves and bulls. — PTI