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The Tamil Nadu constabulary section connected Friday (May 29, 2026) filed a compliance study earlier the Madras High Court with respect to a absorption issued by it connected Wednesday (May 27, 2026) to guarantee that nary cow/calf gets slaughtered successful the State either connected Thursday, successful presumption of Bakrid, oregon connected immoderate different day.
In the study submitted earlier Justices G.R. Swaminathan and V. Lakshminarayanan, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) T.S. Anbu said, helium had forthwiths issued a circular regarding the tribunal bid to each Commissioners, Inspectors General, Deputy Inspectors General and Superintendents of Police.
The circular had instructed the Commissioners and Superintendents of Police crossed Tamil Nadu to guarantee that the tract level officers bash not licence “slaughter of immoderate carnal successful a spot different than a designated slaughter location and nary cows oregon calves are slaughtered connected the eve of Bakrid oregon immoderate different day.”
Further, listing retired the steps taken by the constabulary section to instrumentality the tribunal orders, the ADGP said, peculiar squads and section Inspectors of Police were deployed astatine assorted places successful the State to behaviour regular patrols and forestall immoderate benignant of amerciable slaughter, specifically successful nationalist places and unapproved areas.
“All the portion officers person been instructed to coordinate intimately with the Collectors, Municipal Commissioners and section civic bodies to guarantee that carnal sacrifices oregon slaughter is carried retired strictly successful the designated and licensed slaughter houses with due veterinary certifications,” the ADGP’s study read.
He besides said: “Police unit person been stationed astatine susceptible and delicate localities to guarantee strict compliance with the law and ineligible frameworks governing cattle preservation successful Tamil Nadu... Special Branch unit and metropolis quality constabulary person been activated to show the concern continously.”
After being satisfied with the compliance study successful which it had been made wide that the State constabulary machinery remained committed to instrumentality the statutory provisions and the directions issued by the tribunal connected Wednesday, the Division Bench said, nary further orders were indispensable successful the matter.
The tribunal had directed the State authorities and the constabulary section to enforce a prohibition connected cattle slaughter successful the State with contiguous effect portion allowing a nationalist involvement litigation petition filed by filed by K. Surya alias K. Surya Prasanth (29), the younker helping caput of Indu Makkal Katchi.
The petitioner had complained astir impermanent sheds having been enactment up successful galore nationalist places successful Coimbatore to slaughter cows during Bakrid. In their verdict, the judges highlighted that a Government Order issued connected August 30, 1976 had imposed a prohibition connected cattle slaughter successful the State.
Further, citing respective Supreme Court decisions connected the contented and besides taking into consideration, the 1976 G.O., the judges wrote: “Since the enforcement powerfulness is co-terminus with the legislative power, a Government Order... banning cattle slaughter is precise overmuch sustainable and has to beryllium enforced, arsenic it has the unit of law.”
They ordered that cow/calf slaughter should not beryllium permitted connected Bakrid oregon immoderate different time and that slaughtering of different animals excessively beryllium should beryllium strictly confined to licensed slaughter houses. After directing the Chief Secretary and the ADGP (L&O) to instrumentality the order, the judges had called for a compliance study too.
