The Supreme Court has stayed the Madras High Court's blanket ban on cow and calf slaughter in Tamil Nadu, issuing notice on the State's Special Leave Petition.
The order was passed on Monday
Jul 13, 2026
12:22 pm
What's the storyThe Supreme Court has stayed the Madras High Court's order imposing a state-wide ban on cow and calf slaughter in Tamil Nadu for Bakrid or on any other day.
The interim order was passed by a bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta on a Special Leave Petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government against the high court's ruling.
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